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             The wicked mans plot defeated, or, The wicked man laughed out of countenance as it was represented in a sermon preached in St. Mary Wool-Church, London, May 11, 1656, by Thomas Baker.
             Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More.
             Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More. Gods provenance asserted in another sermon preached at St. Buttolphs, Aldergate, London.
             Baker, Thomas, Rector of St. Mary the More. Christs comming to judgement deciphered in a third sermon.
          
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               THE
               Wicked
               Mans
               Plot
               DEFEATED
               :
            
             
               OR
               ,
               The
               Wicked
               Man
               ,
               laughed
               out
               of
               Countenance
               .
            
             
               As
               it
               was
               Represented
               in
               a
               SERMON
               ,
               Preached
               in
               St.
               Mary
               Wool-Church
               ,
               London
               ,
               May
               11.
               1656.
               
            
             
               By
               THOMAS
               BAKER
               ▪
               Rector
               of
               St.
               Mary
               the
               More
               ,
               in
               EXON
               .
            
             
               Gal
               4.
               16.
               
               Am
               I
               therefore
               become
               your
               Enemy
               ,
               because
               I
               tell
               you
               the
               Truth
               .
            
             
               Aug.
               Vis
               nunquam
               Tristis
               esse
               ?
               Bene
               vive
               .
            
             
               Printed
               for
               the
               Author
               .
               1656.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               
                 COURTEOUS
                 READER
                 ,
              
            
             
               (
               FOr
               ,
               with
               the
               present
               untoward
               Generation
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               so
               far
               forfeited
               my
               charity
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               shall
               still
               proclaim
               thee
               ●or
               such
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               infirm
               legs
               of
               these
               cripled
               lines
               shall
               carry
               them
               ,
               until
               thou
               shall
               appear
               signally
               to
               deserve
               the
               contrary
               )
               we
               are
               faln
               upon
               an
               Age
               (
               thou
               canst
               not
               but
               be
               tenderly
               sensible
               )
               wherein
               ,
               not
               onely
               those
               Courtly
               spirits
               ,
               that
               are
               exquisite
               Gleekers
               ,
               or
               Cribbagers
               ;
               but
               even
               every
               Country
               Bumkin
               ,
               that
               can
               but
               play
               at
               
                 plain
                 Trump
              
               ,
               or
               Noddy
               ,
               cannot
               but
               clea●ly
               discern
               the
               Knave
               every
               day
               to
               turn
               ;
               and
               appear
               in
               his
               
               orient
               colours
               ;
               yea
               in
               value
               to
               ou●vy
               ,
               not
               the
               King
               onely
               ,
               the
               supreme
               Magistrate
               ;
               but
               all
               that
               is
               called
               God.
               And
               then
               the
               less
               strange
               may
               it
               seem
               to
               observe
               ,
               not
               onely
               that
               all
               Kingly
               Authority
               is
               laid
               aside
               ;
               but
               that
               all
               manner
               exercise
               of
               the
               Priestly
               function
               is
               suspended
               ,
               amongst
               us
               .
               So
               that
               now
               ,
               not
               onely
               those
               his
               immediate
               Vicegerents
               a●e
               grown
               strangers
               to
               their
               Princely
               thrones
               ;
               but
               we
               his
               voices
               ,
               become
               hoarse
               ,
               not
               with
               clamour
               so
               much
               as
               silence
               ;
               yea
               our
               Tongues
               with
               standing
               still
               so
               long
               within
               the
               stables
               of
               our
               Mouths
               ,
               no
               better
               then
               resty
               ;
               yea
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               hearing
               of
               an
               Hiena's
               voice
               ,
               st●uck
               dumb
               ;
               no
               marvel
               if
               we
               be
               driven
               (
               I
               say
               not
               with
               Zachary
               ,
               in
               sac●ed
               page
               so
               much
               to
               call
               for
               writing●Tables
               ,
               as
               )
               with
               Io
               in
               the
               Poet
               ,
               having
               our
               Hands
               and
               Tongues
               ;
               at
               least
               our
               Tongues
               ,
               which
               should
               serve
               us
               as
               Hands
               ,
               for
               the
               holding
               of
               the
               
                 Pens
                 of
                 
                 ready
                 Writers
              
               ,
               cut
               off
               ;
               and
               so
               by
               consequence
               our
               Teeth
               knocked
               out
               ,
               to
               try
               the
               extremest
               of
               conclusions
               of
               making
               our
               Feet
               our
               Minds
               interpreters
               .
               And
               so
               ,
               as
               they
               put
               us
               upon
               the
               exigence
               of
               leading
               Poetical
               lives
               ;
               so
               enforce
               they
               our
               Lines
               to
               tread
               the
               measures
               of
               Poetick
               feet
               .
               Nay
               ,
               the
               more
               surely
               to
               muzzle
               the
               mouths
               of
               us
               ,
               that
               are
               the
               Analogical
               oxen
               ,
               for
               the
               bearing
               of
               the
               Ark
               ,
               deny
               us
               utterly
               the
               use
               of
               these
               very
               feet
               of
               ours
               ,
               wherewith
               we
               ought
               to
               tread
               out
               the
               spiritual
               grain
               of
               the
               Word
               .
               Nay
               ,
               now
               at
               l●st
               ,
               when
               ,
               pos●ibly
               ,
               with
               the
               improvements
               of
               our
               utmost
               skil
               ,
               and
               industry
               ,
               we
               may
               have
               arrived
               to
               some
               good
               measure
               of
               perfection
               in
               the
               New
               ,
               and
               untroden
               ,
               Path
               of
               
                 Pedography
                 ▪
              
               even
               in
               these
               very
               feet
               of
               ours
               ,
               by
               the
               good
               Angels
               of
               our
               Times
               (
               as
               Iacob
               by
               the
               Angel
               in
               his
               Thigh
               )
               are
               we
               rendred
               so
               lame
               ,
               that
               by
               them
               we
               are
               denied
               all
               
               manner
               License
               of
               giving
               out
               the
               sad
               Print
               of
               our
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               pressing
               necessity
               .
               That
               Liberty
               ,
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               Begging
               Schollers
               ,
               and
               other
               vagrants
               ,
               is
               (
               I
               know
               not
               by
               what
               law
               )
               interdicted
               us
               .
               However
               ,
               when
               for
               these
               things
               sake
               ,
               our
               souls
               at
               times
               cannot
               forbear
               weeping
               in
               secret
               places
               ,
               ●or
               my
               particular
               Relation
               to
               thee
               ;
               since
               my
               address
               speaketh
               mee
               so
               charitable
               towards
               thee
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               minde
               thee
               ,
               that
               even
               in
               civility
               as
               well
               as
               conscience
               ,
               thou
               art
               bound
               to
               do
               me
               so
               much
               justice
               ,
               as
               that
               what
               ever
               it
               be
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               offer
               thee
               with
               the
               Right
               Hand
               ,
               thou
               be
               far
               from
               receiving
               ,
               much
               more
               rending
               ,
               with
               the
               Le●t
               .
               Which
               right
               shalt
               thou
               do
               me
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               still
               encourage
               me
               to
               go
               on
               to
               be
               ,
               what
               yet
               no
               discouragement
               shall
               ever
               take
               me
               ●ff
               from
               being
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
                 T.
                 B.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Psal.
                 37.
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 that
                 ▪
                 his
                 Day
                 is
                 comming
                 .
              
            
             
               AS
               the
               whole
               Psalme
               may
               ,
               not
               amiss
               ,
               be
               stiled
               a
               Caveat
               ,
               entred
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               righteous
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               nature
               of
               an
               Apology
               of
               Gods
               providence
               ;
               which
               (
               not
               unlikely
               )
               may
               be
               quarrelled
               ,
               for
               his
               prospering
               of
               the
               wicked
               in
               their
               enormous
               courses
               ;
               
               yea
               ,
               whose
               sharp
               sight
               ,
               and
               sense
               ,
               may
               possibly
               affect
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               righteous
               with
               such
               a
               sting
               of
               envy
               ,
               as
               so
               far
               to
               startle
               their
               confidence
               in
               this
               providence
               ,
               as
               to
               justle
               them
               to
               a
               foul
               Apostacy
               from
               the
               Kings
               Highway
               of
               righteousness
               ,
               they
               may
               ,
               more
               then
               probably
               ,
               have
               proposed
               unto
               themselves
               to
               measure
               :
               So
               is
               this
               verse
               ,
               now
               read
               ,
               with
               the
               preceding
               ,
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               Prolepsis
               or
               Preoccupation
               ,
               of
               an
               Objection
               may
               be
               framed
               against
               the
               course
               of
               this
               providence
               of
               his
               .
               The
               Objection
               we
               have
               in
               the
               preceding
               verse
               ;
               strange
               it
               may
               not
               seem
               that
               the
               righteous
               mans
               confidence
               
               in
               this
               Providence
               ,
               at
               times
               ,
               appear
               to
               be
               shaken
               ;
               for
               that
               the
               ungodly
               man
               ceased
               not
               to
               seek
               counsel
               against
               him
               ;
               and
               to
               gnash
               upon
               him
               with
               his
               teeth
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               him
               now
               already
               within
               the
               reach
               of
               his
               cruel
               mercy
               ,
               and
               were
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               tearing
               him
               in
               pieces
               .
               The
               anticipating
               Decision
               we
               have
               in
               the
               words
               now
               read
               ;
               which
               point
               out
               unto
               us
               ,
               the
               Almighties
               scornful
               Defeasance
               of
               all
               these
               his
               jewelled
               ,
               but
               abortive
               ,
               Projects
               ,
               and
               practises
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 that
                 his
                 day
                 is
                 comming
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Text
               then
               ,
               you
               cannot
               
               but
               clearly
               see
               ,
               what
               jus●
               reason
               I
               shal
               have
               to
               term
               the
               
                 Destruction
                 of
                 a
                 Bibel
              
               ,
               or
               
                 the
                 Defeasance
                 of
                 a
                 Wicked
                 Mans
                 Plot.
              
               Yea
               ,
               whereas
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               our
               
                 Common
                 Law
              
               ,
               we
               ,
               every
               day
               hear
               distinctly
               of
               a
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               a
               Defeasan●
               ,
               the
               one
               still
               voiding
               the
               other
               ;
               in
               this
               branch
               of
               Go●s
               Law
               ,
               we
               here
               meet
               with
               a
               Defeasance
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               without
               the
               At●endance
               of
               an
               heavy
               Judgement
               .
            
             
               Wherein
               (
               not
               to
               perplex
               your
               memories
               with
               any
               intricate
               Divisions
               )
               I
               shall
               only
               charge
               them
               with
               the
               recognition
               of
               these
               two
               special
               Observables
               :
               
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     Manner
                  
                   
                     of
                     thi●
                     Defea●anc●
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Cause
                  
                
              
            
             
               The
               Manner
               ,
               of
               all
               th●
               most
               scornful
               and
               opprobrious
               ;
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Cause
               two
               fold
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     One
                     ,
                     Subalternate
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Other
                     ,
                     Principal
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               The
               Subalt●●nate
               ,
               is
               the
               near
               approach
               of
               this
               day
               ;
               
                 His
                 Day
                 is
                 comming
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Principal
               ,
               Gods
               foresight
               of
               this
               dayes
               near
               approach
               ,
               
                 He
                 hath
                 seen
                 it
              
               .
            
             
               These
               the
               Par●s
               .
               Of
               these
               plainly
               ,
               o●derly
               ,
               and
               briefly
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               .
               And
               first
               are
               we
               to
               begin
               with
               the
               Manner
               of
               the
               Defeasance
               of
               this
               the
               wicked
               mans
               Plot
               ;
               which
               ,
               we
               see
               here
               ,
               is
               of
               
               all
               the
               most
               scornful
               and
               opprobrious
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               Fable
               ,
               amongst
               the
               Poets
               ,
               of
               Iupiter
               ,
               that
               ,
               having
               married
               Metis
               ,
               and
               devouring
               her
               ,
               being
               with
               childe
               by
               him
               ,
               himself
               is
               at
               last
               delivered
               of
               an
               armed
               Pallas
               out
               of
               his
               head
               .
               And
               such
               Fables
               may
               you
               observe
               more
               then
               a
               good
               many
               men
               in
               the
               world
               to
               frame
               ,
               &
               fashion
               ,
               to
               themselvs
               .
               They
               will
               needs
               dream
               them
               into
               
                 a
                 love
                 like
              
               omnipotency
               ,
               and
               then
               must
               they
               marry
               Metis
               ;
               wed
               themselves
               ,
               to
               a
               sad
               ,
               and
               serious
               consultation
               ,
               for
               the
               succesful
               accomplishment
               of
               their
               ,
               what-ever
               ,
               intended
               
               designs
               .
               Which
               ,
               having
               greedily
               devoured
               ,
               &
               thorowly
               digested
               ,
               their
               Brains
               must
               now
               be
               brought
               a
               bed
               of
               an
               armed
               Pallas
               ;
               of
               such
               a
               well-hatched
               plot
               ,
               as
               can
               in
               no
               wise
               miscarry
               .
               Hezekiah
               (
               may
               Rabsakeh
               be
               heard
               to
               be
               his
               Dictator
               )
               shall
               now
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 counsel
                 and
                 strength
                 for
                 warre
                 ,
              
               Esa.
               36.
               5.
               
               And
               then
               no
               marvel
               ,
               if
               men
               now
               big-swolne
               with
               pride
               ,
               shall
               ,
               with
               Edom
               ,
               in
               that
               other
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 Obad.
                 4.
                 
                 Exalt
                 themselves
                 as
                 eagles
                 ,
                 and
                 build
                 their
                 nests
                 amongst
                 the
                 starres
              
               ;
               and
               then
               say
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               preceding
               Verse
               ,
               
                 who
                 shall
                 bring
                 us
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ?
              
               And
               as
               those
               in
               
               that
               other
               prop●et
               ,
               Amos
               9.
               10.
               
               
                 No
                 evill
                 shall
                 overtake
                 ,
                 or
                 prevent
                 us
                 .
              
               And
               this
               ,
               for
               that
               ,
               as
               those
               in
               that
               other
               prophet
               ,
               Esa.
               28.
               15.
               
               
                 We
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 Covenant
                 with
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 hell
                 are
                 we
                 at
                 an
                 agreement
                 ;
                 when
                 the
                 overflowing
                 scourge
                 shall
                 pass
                 through
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 not
                 come
                 nigh
                 us
                 ;
                 for
                 we
                 have
                 made
                 Lyes
                 our
                 refuge
                 ,
                 and
                 under
                 ●alsehood
                 have
                 we
                 hid
                 our selves
                 .
              
               And
               ,
               for
               the
               making
               of
               all
               cock
               sure
               indeed
               ,
               resolve
               for
               for
               who-ever
               they
               shall
               finde
               standing
               in
               their
               way
               ,
               as
               those
               Husbandmen
               for
               the
               Heyr
               ,
               
                 Luke
                 20.
                 14.
                 
                 To
                 kill
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 their
                 inheritances
                 may
                 bee
                 theirs
                 .
              
               Whereas
               yet
               all
               this
               
               their
               imaginary
               happines
               shal
               ,
               upon
               the
               true
               teste
               of
               trial
               ,
               appear
               to
               be
               no
               other
               then
               a
               very
               Fable
               ;
               not
               unlike
               that
               cloud
               ,
               Ixion
               embraced
               instead
               of
               Iuno
               ;
               yea
               ,
               
                 Aegri
                 s●mnium
              
               ;
               no
               other
               ,
               then
               a
               
                 sick
                 mans
                 Dream
              
               :
               as
               ,
               
                 when
                 one
                 dream●th
              
               (
               as
               the
               Prophet
               wordeth
               it
               ,
               
                 Esay
                 29.
                 8.
                 
                 )
                 that
                 he
                 drinketh
                 ;
                 but
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 awaketh
                 ,
                 his
                 soul
                 is
                 thirsty
                 ,
                 and
                 faint
                 .
              
               And
               whatever
               pomp
               ,
               or
               greatness
               ,
               hee
               may
               fondly
               dote
               on
               ,
               will
               in
               conclusion
               appear
               to
               be
               no
               better
               then
               that
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               Burgundy's
               Beggar
               :
               for
               that
               his
               shape
               ,
               which
               for
               a
               time
               he
               hath
               borrowed
               ,
               when
               it
               commeth
               to
               be
               laid
               aside
               ,
               no
               better
               
               a
               man
               is
               he
               at
               last
               ,
               then
               at
               ●irst
               he
               was
               .
               The
               All-seeing
               Spectator
               ,
               and
               infallible
               Judge
               ,
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               laugheth
               at
               these
               their
               ridiculous
               Enterludes
               ,
               at
               these
               their
               self-gulling
               Scenes
               .
               And
               ,
               as
               hee
               onely
               is
               approved
               ,
               whom
               God
               commendeth
               ,
               2.
               
               Cor.
               10.
               18.
               
               —
               
                 Populus
                 me
                 sibilat
                 ,
                 at
                 mihi
                 plaudo
              
               ;
               however
               such
               
                 brain-sick
                 Fancies
              
               may
               transport
               many
               a
               weak
               soul
               into
               a
               
                 Fools
                 paradice
              
               ;
               where
               they
               may
               honey
               themselves
               ,
               as
               did
               our
               Prophet
               sometimes
               in
               the
               like
               case
               .
               Psal.
               30.
               6.
               
               
                 I
                 shall
                 never
                 bee
                 cast
                 down
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               and
               there
               entitle
               God
               himself
               to
               the
               fixing
               of
               their
               stations
               ;
               
                 Thou
                 Lord
                 of
                 
                 thy
                 goodness
                 ,
                 hast
                 made
                 my
                 Hill
                 so
                 strong
                 :
              
               Especially
               ,
               shall
               but
               the
               applause
               of
               men
               of
               their
               own
               cut
               ,
               and
               making
               up
               ,
               sooth
               them
               up
               in
               this
               their
               fancied
               settlement
               ;
               yea
               be
               it
               that
               but
               even
               their
               posterity
               (
               as
               this
               same
               prophet
               of
               ours
               ,
               Psal.
               49.
               13.
               hath
               it
               )
               shall
               praise
               their
               saying
               ;
               a
               meer
               scorn
               yet
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               shall
               the
               best
               of
               such
               appear
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               shal
               make
               him
               no
               better
               then
               his
               sport
               ,
               and
               laughing-stock
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               word
               of
               the
               Satyrists
               ;
               
                 
                   Nil
                   habet
                   infelix
                   ,
                   paupertas
                   durius
                   in
                   se
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quam
                   quod
                   ridiculos
                   homines
                   facit
                   —
                
                 
                 
                   Much
                   easier
                   might
                   want
                   bee
                   born
                   ,
                
                 
                   Did
                   it
                   not
                   make
                   a
                   man
                   a
                   scorn
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               prophet
               Ieremy
               ,
               speaking
               of
               impenitent
               sinners
               ,
               saith
               of
               them
               ,
               
                 Surely
                 these
                 are
                 poor
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 foolish
                 .
                 Ier.
              
               5.
               4.
               
               And
               such
               poore
               fooles
               ,
               that
               measure
               all
               things
               by
               their
               present
               fantastick
               happiness
               ,
               and
               groundlesly
               promise
               themselves
               an
               uninterupted
               series
               ,
               and
               endless
               succession
               ,
               therof
               ,
               shal
               all
               such
               in
               conclusion
               appeare
               ,
               when
               they
               shall
               come
               to
               be
               sensible
               of
               the
               heaviest
               symptome
               of
               poverty
               upon
               them
               ,
               of
               becomming
               the
               sad
               objects
               of
               the
               Almighties
               laughter
               .
               
                 The
                 Kings
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 stand
                 up
              
               (
               saith
               our
               
               Royal
               prophet
               ,
               
                 Psal.
                 2.
                 )
                 i.
                 e.
                 Herod
                 Ascalonita
              
               (
               saith
               Lyra
               upon
               the
               words
               )
               that
               maketh
               a
               bloudy
               Inquisition
               after
               the
               Saviour
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               upon
               his
               first
               sal●●tion
               thereof
               ,
               Mat.
               〈◊〉
               An●
               
                 Herod
                 Antipas
              
               ,
               that
               〈…〉
               ,
               by
               arraying
               him
               in
               a
               purple
               Robe
               ,
               now
               he
               is
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               giving
               it
               his
               last
               valediction
               ,
               Luke
               23.
               
               And
               the
               Rulers
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
                 Pilate
              
               ,
               and
               the
               chief
               priests
               (
               saith
               the
               same
               
                 Lyra
                 )
                 take
                 counsel
                 together
                 against
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 his
                 Anointed
                 .
                 He
                 that
                 dwelleth
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               (
               saith
               the
               same
               prophet
               of
               ours
               ,
               in
               the
               following
               verses
               )
               
                 shall
                 laugh
                 them
                 to
                 scorn
              
               ,
               (
               as
               him
               of
               the
               same
               stampe
               
               here
               in
               the
               Text
               )
               
                 the
                 Lord
                 shall
                 have
                 them
                 in
                 derision
                 .
                 Then
                 shall
                 hee
                 speake
                 unto
                 them
                 in
                 his
                 wrath
                 ,
                 and
                 vexe
                 them
                 in
                 his
                 sore
                 displeasure
                 .
              
               Gods
               laughter
               at
               the
               wicked
               hath
               more
               of
               an
               
                 imbittered
                 gall
              
               ,
               then
               
                 a
                 tickling
                 spleen
              
               ,
               in
               it
               ;
               as
               relishing
               more
               of
               displeasure
               hee
               conceiveth
               against
               sinners
               ,
               then
               any
               delight
               he
               thereby
               findeth
               in
               himselfe
               :
               Nay
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               onely
               our
               prophets
               word
               of
               him
               in
               this
               case
               ;
               but
               his
               own
               of
               himself
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               (
               for
               instance
               )
               wilfully
               shut
               up
               their
               eares
               against
               his
               counsel
               ,
               
                 Prov.
                 1.
                 
                 I
                 will
                 laugh
                 at
                 your
                 calamity
                 ,
                 when
                 your
                 feare
                 cometh
                 as
                 a
                 desolation
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 destruction
                 as
                 a
                 whirle
                 winde
                 .
              
               
               Nay
               ,
               in
               this
               Scene
               God
               shall
               not
               be
               a
               single
               Actor
               ;
               but
               all
               the
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               shall
               joyn
               in
               Consort
               ,
               to
               make
               up
               a
               
                 Merry-Angry
                 Chorus
              
               with
               him
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               as
               the
               Schoole
               telleth
               us
               ,
               that
               what
               ever
               they
               discern
               ,
               is
               
                 in
                 speculo
                 Trinitatis
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 glasse
                 of
                 the
                 Trinity
                 :
              
               the
               glasse
               of
               the
               Divine
               Essence
               ,
               which
               these
               Heavenly
               Spirits
               are
               still
               ,
               with
               unspeakable
               joy
               ,
               contemplating
               ,
               reflecteth
               upon
               them
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               the
               species
               of
               their
               own
               visages
               ,
               as
               the
               cast
               of
               his
               countenance
               ;
               unto
               whose
               resemblance
               they
               are
               still
               studying
               ,
               the
               nearest
               they
               may
               ,
               to
               compose
               themselves
               ;
               mourning
               ,
               as
               they
               see
               that
               darkened
               
               with
               a
               cloud
               ;
               &
               Rejoycing
               ,
               and
               Laughing
               ,
               as
               they
               see
               that
               fitted
               though
               but
               to
               a
               Scornfull
               ,
               and
               so
               Angry
               ,
               Laughter
               .
               So
               that
               ,
               as
               there
               
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 the
                 Heavenly
                 Host
              
               with
               the
               Shepheards
               ,
               cha●ting
               out
               that
               chearefull
               D●x●logy
               ,
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 be
                 to
                 God
                 on
                 high
                 ▪
                 on
                 earth
                 peace
                 ,
              
               as
               soone
               as
               one
               Angel
               hath
               acquainted
               them
               with
               the
               glad
               ●idings
               of
               our
               Saviours
               Birth
               ,
               Luk.
               2.
               
               No
               sooner
               doth
               the
               Almighty
               put
               his
               countenance
               into
               a
               Smiling-Frowning
               posture
               ,
               but
               
                 Regis
                 ad
                 exempl●●
              
               all
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               Angels
               ,
               〈◊〉
               on
               the
               same
               semblance
               of
               countenance
               .
               The
               righteous
               (
               saith
               our
               prophet
               )
               even
               those
               that
               live
               still
               upon
               
               the
               earth
               ,
               shall
               rejoyce
               to
               see
               such
               vengeance
               executed
               upon
               the
               ungodly
               ,
               as
               that
               now
               he
               shall
               have
               the
               advantage
               of
               washing
               his
               footsteps
               in
               his
               his
               bloud
               (
               as
               it
               is
               Psal.
               58.
               9.
               
               )
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               shall
               discover
               the
               Almighty
               (
               as
               him
               here
               in
               the
               Text
               )
               to
               make
               him
               the
               subject
               of
               his
               scornful
               ,
               and
               so
               wrathfull
               ,
               laughter
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 .
              
            
             
               Let
               then
               the
               Enemies
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               all
               Righteousness
               ,
               hisse
               ,
               and
               gnash
               their
               teeth
               ,
               at
               those
               that
               are
               not
               of
               their
               tune
               ,
               and
               temper
               ;
               let
               them
               triumph
               over
               them
               ,
               with
               a
               
                 〈◊〉
                 have
                 swallowed
                 them
                 up
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 day
                 that
                 we
                 looked
                 for
                 ;
                 and
                 now
                 
                 we
                 have
                 seen
                 and
                 known
                 it
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Lam.
               2.
               16.
               
               And
               laugh
               at
               them
               with
               an
               
                 Aha
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 devoured
                 them
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Psa.
               35.
               25.
               
               
                 VV●e
                 unto
                 you
                 that
                 laugh
                 now
              
               (
               you
               know
               ,
               is
               our
               Saviours
               ovvn
               doom
               )
               
                 for
                 you
                 shall
                 mourn
                 and
                 weep
                 ,
              
               Luke
               6
               ▪
               25.
               
               The
               son
               of
               
                 Sirach
                 ,
                 Ecclus.
              
               27
               ,
               29.
               runneth
               a
               sad
               Descant
               upon
               this
               ground
               ;
               
                 Those
                 that
                 rejoyce
                 at
                 the
                 fall
                 of
                 the
                 Righteous
                 ,
                 anguish
                 shall
                 consume
                 them
                 before
                 they
                 di●
                 .
              
               Nay
               ,
               those
               that
               have
               afflicted
               the
               Righteous
               man
               ,
               self-convicted
               of
               the
               guilt
               of
               these
               their
               barbarous
               ,
               and
               savage
               practices
               ;
               and
               knowing
               that
               the
               time
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
               when
               they
               shall
               see
               him
               stand
               with
               great
               
               confidence
               before
               their
               faces
               (
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               VVisd
               .
               5.
               )
               may
               you
               heare
               ,
               in
               great
               anguish
               of
               spirit
               ,
               antedating
               their
               owne
               sad
               Destiny
               ,
               and
               wailing
               out
               their
               own
               dolefull
               
                 Elegie
                 :
                 This
                 is
                 he
                 whom
                 we
                 had
                 sometimes
                 in
                 derision
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Proverb
                 of
                 reproach
                 ;
                 we
                 fools
                 accounted
                 his
                 Life
                 madness
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 end
                 without
                 Honour
                 ;
                 now
                 is
                 he
                 numbred
                 amongst
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 lot
                 is
                 amongst
                 the
                 Saints
                 ;
                 whilest
                 we
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 have
                 in
                 vain
                 wearied
                 our selves
                 in
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 wickedness
                 ,
                 and
                 destruction
                 ;
                 we
                 have
                 erred
                 from
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sun
                 of
                 Righteousness
                 is
                 not
                 Risen
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
               We
               say
               ,
               in
               our
               ordinary
               
               proverb
               ,
               that
               he
               
                 Laugheth
                 well
                 ,
                 that
                 Laugheth
                 at
                 last
                 .
              
               Indeed
               ,
               the
               success
               of
               a
               wicked
               Man
               ,
               whilest
               hee
               groweth
               Elated
               with
               his
               politick
               ,
               and
               mischievous
               ,
               practices
               upon
               the
               Righteous
               prospered
               ,
               may
               afford
               him
               such
               a
               kinde
               of
               Superficiall
               Merriment
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               as
               may
               
                 wet
                 the
                 Mouth
                 ;
                 but
                 hath
                 little
                 of
                 vertue
                 in
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 warming
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 .
              
               Yea
               and
               minister
               unto
               them
               such
               matter
               of
               Flickering
               Laughter
               ,
               as
               that
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               the
               Preachers
               fool
               ,
               Eccles.
               7.
               6.
               it
               shall
               make
               a
               crackling
               Noise
               ,
               as
               Thornes
               under
               a
               Pot.
               But
               ,
               or
               
                 ever
                 the
                 Pots
                 of
                 their
                 Hearts
                 be
                 made
                 hot
                 
                 with
                 th●se
                 thornes
                 ,
                 Indignation
              
               (
               our
               Prophet
               is
               peremptory
               ,
               Psal.
               58.
               8.
               
               )
               
                 shall
                 vexe
                 them
              
               ,
               and
               lye
               heavy
               upon
               them
               ,
               
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 that
                 is
                 Raw.
              
               Or
               (
               as
               our
               New
               Translation
               readeth
               it
               )
               
                 God
                 shall
                 take
                 them
                 away
                 from
                 this
                 their
                 Ioy
                 ,
                 as
                 with
                 a
                 whirlewinde
                 .
              
               Their
               Laughter
               shall
               in
               conclusion
               appear
               to
               be
               no
               other
               then
               
                 Risus
                 Sardonicus
              
               ;
               as
               the
               Laughter
               of
               those
               that
               have
               eaten
               of
               the
               Herbe
               Sardoa
               ;
               whose
               forced
               Merriment
               ,
               though
               it
               may
               outwardly
               set
               them
               a
               Grinning
               ;
               yet
               is
               inwardly
               still
               Griping
               ,
               and
               Galling
               ,
               them
               .
               
                 Continua
                 Anxiet
                 as
                 nec
                 mensae
                 tempore
                 cessat
              
               ;
               to
               make
               the
               Poet
               speake
               the
               
               
                 Language
                 of
                 Canaan
                 .
                 Even
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 Laughter
                 their
                 hearts
                 are
                 sorr●wful
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 such
                 mirth
                 is
                 always
                 heaviness
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               14.
               13.
               
               So
               that
               then
               just
               reason
               may
               St.
               Iames
               seem
               to
               have
               for
               the
               Allarming
               of
               the
               Rich
               Men
               of
               his
               time
               ,
               those
               that
               by
               unjust
               practices
               have
               heaped
               them
               up
               Riches
               ,
               
                 Go
                 to
                 now
                 ye
                 Rich
                 men
                 ,
                 weep
                 and
                 howl
                 for
                 the
                 miseries
                 that
                 shall
                 come
                 upon
                 you
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 lived
                 in
                 Pleasure
                 on
                 the
                 Earth
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 nourished
                 your
                 hearts
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 slaughter
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 Condemned
                 ,
                 and
                 Killed
                 ,
                 the
                 Iust
                 ;
                 and
                 none
                 resisted
                 you
                 !
              
               Jam.
               5.
               
               But
               Mourn
               you
               shall
               ,
               and
               Weep
               ;
               
                 your
                 Laughter
                 
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 into
                 mourning
                 ;
                 and
                 your
                 Ioy
                 into
                 heavines
                 .
              
               Jam.
               4.
               
               Yea
               ,
               the
               Lords
               own
               word
               it
               is
               to
               those
               that
               forsake
               him
               ;
               forget
               his
               Holy
               Mountain
               ;
               and
               prepare
               a
               Table
               for
               their
               Troopes
               .
               Esa.
               65.
               
               
                 My
                 Servants
                 shall
                 Rejoyce
                 ;
                 but
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ;
                 my
                 Servants
                 shall
                 Sing
                 ,
                 and
                 Laugh
                 ,
                 for
                 joy
                 of
                 Heart
                 ;
                 but
                 you
                 shall
                 Howl
                 for
                 vexation
                 of
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               And
               then
               ,
               as
               the
               Preacher
               ,
               Eccles.
               7.
               3.
               
               
                 Sorrow
                 is
                 better
                 then
                 Laughter
              
               :
               sarre
               better
               shall
               it
               in
               conclusion
               appear
               for
               the
               Righteous
               to
               live
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               in
               a
               sad
               condition
               under
               their
               Enemies
               persecuting
               Hands
               ;
               being
               fully
               assured
               that
               the
               time
               is
               at
               Hand
               
               that
               their
               Hearts
               shall
               so
               Rejoyce
               ,
               as
               that
               their
               Joy
               no
               Man
               shall
               take
               from
               them
               ,
               as
               our
               Saviour
               sometimes
               to
               his
               Discipes
               in
               the
               like
               case
               ,
               Joh.
               16.
               22.
               
               Then
               with
               their
               Persecutors
               that
               may
               perhaps
               for
               some
               short
               space
               Revel
               in
               all
               manner
               of
               jollity
               ,
               and
               exercise
               an
               uncontrouled
               Tyranny
               upon
               them
               ;
               when
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               yea
               perhaps
               suddenly
               ,
               they
               shall
               become
               sensible
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               all
               this
               while
               Laugheth
               at
               these
               their
               unhallowed
               practices
               :
               clearly
               discovering
               his
               Day
               of
               Sadness
               to
               be
               at
               hand
               .
            
             
               Which
               fitly
               bringeth
               us
               to
               the
               view
               of
               the
               sec●nd
               Observable
               in
               this
               Defeat
               of
               the
               
               Wicked
               Mans
               Plot
               ,
               the
               Cause
               thereof
               ;
               which
               we
               may
               here
               see
               to
               be
               two-fold
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     One
                     Subalternate
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Other
                     Principal
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               And
               first
               are
               we
               to
               begin
               with
               the
               Subalternate
               ,
               the
               near
               approach
               of
               this
               his
               Day
               .
               
                 His
                 Day
                 is
                 commeng
              
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               19
               of
               St.
               
               Luke's
               Gospel
               a
               clear
               intimation
               have
               we
               ,
               that
               ,
               what
               Hierusalem
               there
               had
               ,
               every
               sinner
               still
               hath
               ,
               a
               twofold
               Day
               ;
               a
               Day
               of
               Merciful
               visitation
               ,
               and
               a
               Day
               of
               Drereful
               Vengeance
               .
               A
               Day
               of
               visitation
               ;
               
                 O
                 that
                 thou
                 hadst
                 known
                 in
                 this
                 thy
                 Day
                 !
              
               A
               Day
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               as
               God
               visited
               Hierusalem
               ,
               for
               three
               continued
               
               years
               ,
               by
               the
               preaching
               of
               his
               Sonne
               :
               so
               doth
               he
               sinners
               still
               by
               the
               voice
               of
               his
               Successors
               ;
               his
               lawfully
               ordained
               Messengers
               ,
               and
               Ministers
               .
               And
               a
               Day
               of
               vengeance
               ;
               
                 Behold
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 of
                 Hosts
                 ,
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 vengeance
                 ,
                 commeth
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 will
                 Avenge
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Enemies
                 .
              
               Jer.
               46.
               10.
               
               Even
               of
               those
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               we
               may
               ,
               not
               amiss
               ,
               Gloss
               this
               of
               the
               Prophet
               by
               that
               of
               the
               above-praised
               Evangelist
               ,
               in
               the
               44
               of
               the
               above
               .
               praised
               Chapter
               )
               that
               shall
               appear
               such
               Enemies
               ,
               not
               to
               him
               onely
               ,
               but
               themselves
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               neglected
               the
               Day
               of
               their
               visitation
               .
               The
               first
               of
               these
               is
               the
               Day
               ,
               wherein
               
               God
               vouchsafed
               us
               a
               fair
               opportunity
               of
               walking
               ;
               even
               of
               walking
               in
               Newness
               of
               Life
               .
               
                 Are
                 there
                 not
                 twelve
                 houres
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 ?
              
               (
               saith
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               Joh.
               11.
               9.
               
               )
               
                 if
                 any
                 Man
                 walk
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 ,
                 he
                 stumbleth
                 not
                 ;
                 because
                 he
                 seeth
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
               And
               yet
               who
               seeth
               no●
               ,
               how
               far
               even
               the
               best
               of
               us
               are
               from
               being
               such
               good
               Husbands
               of
               this
               Day
               ,
               as
               (
               according
               to
               that
               our
               Prophets
               Euloge
               of
               Man
               ,
               Psal.
               104.
               23.
               
               )
               
                 to
                 go
                 forth
                 to
                 our
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 Labour
              
               ;
               even
               this
               our
               work
               ,
               and
               Labour
               ,
               of
               
                 Newness
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 untill
                 the
                 Evening
                 :
              
               and
               therefore
               to
               say
               to
               our
               Couches
               of
               Idlenes
               ,
               as
               the
               Angel
               sometimes
               
               to
               
                 Iaob
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 32.
                 26.
                 
                 Let
                 me
                 go
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Day
                 breaketh
                 :
              
               that
               we
               are
               rather
               so
               farre
               prone
               to
               turn
               the
               Day
               into
               Night
               ,
               as
               to
               trifle
               away
               every
               hour
               of
               this
               Day
               in
               stretching
               us
               upon
               our
               
                 Ivory
                 Beds
              
               ;
               in
               Dreaming
               them
               out
               in
               secure
               slumbers
               ;
               in
               drawing
               down
               Deep
               Carouses
               ;
               in
               wantonning
               in
               Lustful
               Embraces
               ;
               in
               studying
               of
               politick
               Contrivances
               ,
               how
               we
               m●y
               rea●iest
               swallow
               up
               the
               Estates
               ;
               and
               so
               suck
               the
               Bloud
               of
               our
               innocent
               Neighbour
               ?
               And
               yet
               the
               Light
               of
               this
               Day
               (
               like
               those
               Northern
               people
               ,
               that
               have
               the
               Equinoctial
               for
               their
               Horizon
               )
               we
               will
               needs
               have
               (
               as
               have
               they
               in
               their
               proper
               
               seasons
               )
               still
               Lasting
               .
               And
               ,
               as
               those
               that
               labour
               of
               a
               Vertigo
               ,
               conceive
               all
               things
               to
               Run
               Round
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Dizziness
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               their
               Brain
               :
               for
               that
               we
               are
               Idly
               disposed
               ,
               we
               will
               needes
               have
               the
               Time
               of
               this
               Day
               so
               far
               from
               passing
               ,
               that
               we
               will
               neede●
               perswade
               our selves
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               a
               like
               command
               upon
               it
               ,
               as
               had
               Ioshuah
               sometimes
               upon
               the
               Sun
               and
               Moon
               ,
               Josh.
               10
               ▪
               12.
               
               
                 Stand
                 thou
                 Sun
                 in
                 Gibeon
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 Moon
                 in
                 the
                 Valley
                 of
                 Ajjalon
                 :
              
               so
               that
               ,
               at
               our
               words
               it
               shall
               stand
               at
               a
               stay
               ,
               to
               keep
               us
               company
               in
               th●s
               our
               Idleness
               .
               And
               ,
               for
               any
               other
               Day
               ,
               
                 we
                 put
                 it
                 far
                 away
                 from
                 us
              
               (
               as
               it
               is
               Amos
               
               6.
               13.
               
               )
               and
               cause
               the
               seat
               of
               violence
               to
               draw
               near
               ;
               and
               (
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               verse
               immediately
               following
               the
               Text
               )
               
                 We
                 draw
                 out
                 our
                 Swords
                 ,
                 and
                 bend
                 our
                 Bows
                 ,
                 to
                 slay
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 of
                 an
                 upright
                 Cōversa●ion
                 .
              
               Yea
               we
               scoff
               at
               the
               tidings
               of
               any
               other
               days
               approach
               ,
               as
               those
               in
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               2
               Pe●
               .
               3
               ,
               4.
               at
               the
               News
               of
               the
               comming
               of
               the
               Day
               of
               Judgment
               ;
               
                 where
                 is
                 the
                 Promise
              
               ;
               or
               rather
               Menace
               ,
               
                 of
                 its
                 coming
              
               ?
               Or
               if
               ,
               much
               ado
               ,
               we
               will
               be
               drawn
               to
               heare
               of
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               we
               yet
               say
               ,
               as
               those
               in
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 Esay
                 56.
                 12.
                 
                 To
                 morrow
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 this
                 Day
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 abundant
                 .
                 —
                 Cras
                 ,
                 Cras
                 ,
                 procrastinat
              
               —
               And
               
               still
               every
               Day
               ,
               that
               shineth
               out
               upon
               us
               ,
               shall
               ,
               in
               our
               presumptions
               ,
               still
               be
               sped
               of
               a
               New
               ,
               and
               Fresh
               ,
               Morrow
               ,
               to
               attend
               it
               .
               The
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               whose
               peculiar
               office
               it
               is
               to
               bring
               all
               things
               to
               the
               Remembrahce
               of
               these
               ,
               he
               inspireth
               ,
               Joh.
               14.
               26.
               becommeth
               every
               where
               ,
               throughout
               the
               Sacred
               Volu●es
               ,
               an
               uncessant
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               of
               another
               Day
               ,
               the
               wicked
               Man
               is
               to
               expect
               .
               
                 Those
                 ,
                 that
                 come
                 after
                 him
              
               (
               saith
               Holy
               Iob
               of
               him
               )
               
                 shall
                 be
                 astonished
                 at
                 the
                 comming
                 of
                 his
                 Day
              
               ;
               as
               they
               ,
               that
               went
               before
               him
               ,
               were
               affrighted
               ,
               Job
               18.
               20.
               
               
                 Remember
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 Edom
                 ,
                 O
                 
                 Lord
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 Hierusalem
              
               (
               you
               know
               is
               our
               Prophets
               Address
               unto
               him
               in
               her
               behalf
               ,
               Psal.
               137.
               7.
               
               )
               
                 how
                 they
                 cried
                 Down
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 Down
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 Ground
                 .
                 I
                 saw
              
               (
               is
               the
               Lords
               own
               word
               ,
               wherin
               he
               ,
               no
               less
               justly
               then
               sharply
               ,
               taxeth
               his
               people
               of
               
                 Israel
                 )
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 ,
                 wherein
                 strangers
                 carried
                 away
                 the
                 Forces
                 of
                 your
                 Brother
              
               Jacob
               ,
               
                 and
                 Forreigners
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 Gates
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 Lots
                 upon
                 Hierusalem
                 ;
                 that
                 you
                 Rejoyced
                 ●ver
                 the
                 childred
                 of
              
               Judah
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 their
                 Destruction
                 ,
                 and
                 spake
                 proudly
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 their
                 Distress
                 .
              
               Obad.
               11.
               12.
               
               And
               it
               is
               that
               other
               Prophets
               just
               Exe●cration
               
               upon
               the
               Wicked
               ,
               after
               that
               hee
               hath
               capitulated
               with
               the
               Almighty
               about
               their
               prosperity
               ;
               
                 Prepare
                 them
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 Day
                 ;
                 even
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 slaughter
                 .
              
               Jer.
               12.
               3.
               
               Yea
               this
               Day
               of
               the
               wickeds
               prosperity
               it
               pleaseth
               the
               same
               Lord
               oftentimes
               to
               contract
               ;
               and
               so
               to
               speed
               their
               Day
               ,
               or
               rather
               Nights
               ,
               of
               Vengeance
               ,
               that
               
                 their
                 Sun
                 goeth
                 down
                 at
                 Noon
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Earth
                 is
                 Darkened
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 clear
                 Day
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Amos
               8.
               9
               
               ▪
               Yea
               ,
               when
               God
               distributeth
               sorrowes
               unto
               them
               in
               his
               Anger
               ,
               and
               the
               Night
               of
               their
               Destruction
               commeth
               upon
               them
               ,
               
                 their
                 Candle
              
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               now
               at
               
               last
               hope
               should
               afford
               them
               some
               poore
               ,
               weake
               ,
               Light
               of
               Comfort
               ,
               is
               ,
               not
               seldome
               ,
               put
               out
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Iob
               21.
               17.
               
               And
               so
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               5.
               14.
               of
               the
               same
               Book
               ,
               
                 they
                 meete
                 with
                 Darknesse
                 in
                 the
                 Day-time
                 .
              
               And
               then
               strange
               may
               it
               not
               seeme
               to
               hear
               ,
               that
               the
               Knees
               of
               this
               Profligate
               wretch
               (
               as
               Baltasars
               )
               shall
               appeare
               to
               tremble
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               now
               finde
               this
               Day
               ,
               or
               rather
               this
               Day
               made
               Night
               (
               as
               it
               is
               Amos
               5.
               8.
               
               )
               unawares
               to
               overtake
               him
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               put
               farre
               away
               from
               him
               ?
               Especially
               when
               hee
               shall
               heare
               the
               Almighty
               vying
               an
               high
               Roare
               of
               Laughter
               with
               his
               loud-yelling
               Accent
               of
               Anguish
               
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               upon
               his
               clear
               Fore-sight
               of
               this
               Days
               neare
               Approach
               .
            
             
               Which
               is
               the
               more
               
                 Principal
                 cause
              
               of
               the
               Defeasance
               of
               th●
               the
               
                 wicked
                 Mans
                 Plot
              
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               next
               Place
               calleth
               for
               your
               consideration
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 seene
                 that
                 his
                 Day
                 is
                 comming
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               word
               [
               
                 Is
                 comming
              
               ]
               you
               see
               ,
               is
               of
               an
               Indefinite
               Expression
               ;
               and
               so
               far
               from
               pointing
               out
               the
               present
               Minute
               of
               this
               Days
               Appearance
               .
               At
               which
               ,
               whilest
               
                 debauched
                 Miscreants
              
               ,
               and
               to
               every
               good
               worke
               Reprobate
               ,
               will
               (
               not
               unlikely
               )
               be
               ready
               to
               catch
               Advantage
               ;
               and
               
               shall
               therefore
               ,
               with
               the
               five
               
                 Foolish
                 Virgins
              
               ,
               Mat.
               25.
               betake
               them
               to
               slumbrings
               ,
               and
               sleepings
               ;
               and
               ,
               with
               that
               Evil
               servant
               ,
               in
               the
               24
               of
               the
               same
               Gospel
               ,
               to
               Eating
               ,
               and
               Drinking
               ,
               and
               
                 smiting
                 his
                 Fellow
                 servants
              
               ;
               whom
               therefore
               his
               
                 Master
                 ,
                 comming
                 in
                 a
                 Day
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 looketh
                 not
                 for
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 an
                 Houre
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 is
                 not
                 aware
                 of
                 ,
                 shall
                 cut
                 in
                 sunder
                 ,
                 and
                 appoint
                 him
                 his
                 Portion
                 with
                 Hypocrites
                 :
              
               He
               ,
               that
               shall
               but
               duely
               poize
               things
               in
               the
               
                 Ballance
                 of
                 the
                 Sanctuary
              
               ,
               ●n
               the
               Scales
               of
               a
               Religious
               consideration
               ;
               whose
               Feare
               is
               as
               his
               Faith
               ,
               
                 the
                 Evidence
                 of
                 things
                 not
                 seen
                 ,
              
               will
               look
               upon
               this
               Day
               ,
               
               of
               whose
               Indefinite
               ,
               and
               Indeterminate
               Advent
               hee
               is
               here
               thus
               cautioned
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               saw
               ,
               and
               felt
               it
               already
               come
               .
               At
               least
               ,
               as
               Damocles
               did
               upon
               the
               Pendant
               Sword
               ,
               which
               may
               every
               Minute
               drop
               downe
               about
               his
               Eares
               ,
               and
               make
               an
               immediate
               Dispatch
               of
               him
               .
               And
               therefore
               it
               is
               well
               worthy
               our
               best
               observation
               ,
               that
               ,
               when
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Ezekiel
                 ,
                 7th
              
               .
               of
               his
               Prophesie
               ,
               giveth
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Hierusalem
               a
               shrill
               Allarum
               of
               their
               inevitable
               Destruction
               at
               Hand
               ,
               the
               Future
               ,
               and
               
                 Present
                 ,
                 Tenses
              
               he
               so
               intortleth
               ,
               and
               interweaveth
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               seemeth
               to
               make
               both
               of
               equal
               certainty
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 shortly
                 pour
                 out
                 my
                 
                 Fury
                 ,
                 and
                 accomplish
                 mine
                 Anger
                 upon
                 thee
                 .
              
               vers
               .
               8.
               
               That
               ,
               you
               see
               ,
               for
               the
               Future
               .
               And
               yet
               ,
               vers
               .
               6.
               we
               hear
               of
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               found
               of
               Present
               Destruction
               :
               
                 An
                 End
                 is
                 come
                 ;
                 the
                 End
                 is
                 come
                 ;
                 it
                 watcheth
                 for
                 thee
                 :
                 Beho●a
                 !
                 it
                 is
                 come
                 .
              
               Nay
               ,
               the
               Final
               Desolation
               of
               this
               very
               Hierusalem
               though
               it
               be
               not
               Actually
               Accomplished
               until
               Two
               〈◊〉
               Forty
               years
               after
               our
               Saviours
               〈◊〉
               :
               Yet
               are
               the
               People
               of
               that
               
                 Present
                 Generation
              
               Forewarned
               thereof
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               already
               put
               in
               Execution
               :
               
                 Behold
                 !
                 your
                 Howse
                 is
                 left
                 unto
                 you
                 dese●le
                 .
              
               Mat.
               23.
               38.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               see
               I
               Uncleanness
               ,
               Excess
               ,
               Sacriledge
               ,
               
               Barbarisme
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
               Blasphemy
               ,
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               all
               manner
               of
               Iniquity
               ,
               to
               abound
               in
               an
               Age
               ?
               and
               yet
               ,
               not
               to
               scape
               with
               Impunity
               onely
               ;
               but
               to
               be
               sped
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               successfull
               Prosperity
               ?
               shall
               I
               now
               conclude
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               finally
               escape
               for
               this
               their
               wickedness
               ?
               as
               it
               is
               Psal.
               56.
               7.
               
               No
               ;
               I
               look
               upon
               their
               Destruction
               as
               undoubtedly
               to
               come
               upon
               them
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               saw
               it
               Actually
               overtaking
               them
               .
               Nay
               ,
               
                 Ye
                 say
                 ,
                 It
                 will
                 be
                 Fowle
                 weather
                 to
                 Day
                 ,
              
               (
               you
               know
               ,
               is
               our
               Saviours
               words
               to
               the
               
                 Pharisees
                 )
                 for
                 the
                 Skie
                 is
                 Red
                 ,
                 and
                 Lowring
                 .
              
               Mat.
               17.
               3.
               
               See
               I
               Men
               to
               look
               with
               Red
               ,
               and
               Lowring
               ,
               Countenances
               ,
               
               portending
               nothing
               but
               Bloudy
               ,
               and
               Destructive
               ,
               Practices
               ?
               I
               justly
               conclude
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               present
               Storme
               of
               Fowle
               weather
               ,
               that
               boadeth
               ,
               not
               others
               onely
               from
               them
               ,
               but
               even
               themselves
               .
               Nay
               ,
               as
               the
               Floud
               commeth
               upon
               the
               old
               world
               ,
               and
               sweepeth
               them
               all
               away
               ,
               whilest
               they
               are
               Ea●ing
               and
               Drinking
               ,
               Building
               and
               Planting
               ,
               Marrying
               ,
               and
               giving
               in
               Marriage
               .
               Matth.
               24.
               38.
               
               See
               1
               Men
               securely
               promising
               themselves
               an
               happy
               continuance
               ,
               and
               prosperous
               successe
               ,
               in
               their
               never-so
               Irregular
               ,
               Courses
               ?
               upon
               this
               Security
               of
               theirs
               I
               look
               ,
               as
               upon
               an
               undoubted
               Harbinger
               of
               the
               
               Day
               of
               their
               Destruction
               hard
               at
               the
               Doores
               .
               But
               ,
               be
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               please
               the
               Lord
               for
               a
               time
               to
               suspend
               the
               Execution
               of
               his
               Vengeance
               upon
               these
               High-grain'd
               ,
               and
               
                 Deep
                 dy'd
              
               Sinners
               :
               So
               that
               the
               Day
               thereof
               ,
               he
               yet
               seeth
               every
               Day
               nearer
               Aproaching
               ,
               may
               for
               some
               short
               space
               be
               forborne
               ;
               the
               Observation
               may
               in
               no
               wise
               escape
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               Hebrew
               word
               〈◊〉
               Hhavar
               ,
               signifieth
               as
               well
               
                 to
                 be
                 Angry
                 as
                 to
                 Forbear
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 Lord
                 heard
                 this
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 wroth
                 ,
              
               saith
               our
               prophet
               ,
               
                 Psal.
                 78.
                 22.
                 
                 Vatablus
              
               readeth
               ,
               
                 Audivit
                 Dominus
                 ,
                 &
                 Distulit
                 :
                 The
                 Lord
                 heard
                 ,
                 and
                 forbore
                 ,
                 Thou
                 hast
                 Abhorred
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Forsaken
                 thine
                 Anointed
                 ,
                 saith
              
               the
               same
               prophet
               ,
               Psal.
               89.
               37.
               
               St.
               Hierome
               readeth
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 ;
                 Thou
                 hast
                 Forborn
                 him
                 .
              
               Gods
               Forbearance
               of
               a
               Sinner
               in
               his
               wicked
               wayes
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               a
               Testimony
               of
               his
               Favour
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               rather
               an
               irr●fragable
               Argument
               of
               his
               highly
               incensed
               Displeasure
               .
               
                 What
                 ,
                 if
                 God
                 ,
                 willing
                 to
                 show
                 his
                 wrath
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Power
                 known
                 ,
                 endured
                 with
                 much
                 Long-sufferance
                 the
                 vessels
                 of
                 wrath
                 ,
                 fitted
                 to
                 Destruction
                 ?
              
               Rom.
               9.
               22.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               see
               I
               Men
               to
               
                 despise
                 the
                 Riches
                 of
                 Gods
                 Goodnesse
                 ,
                 and
                 Long-sufferance
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 lead
                 them
                 to
                 Repentance
              
               ;
               whilest
               
               hee
               is
               Patiently
               Bearing
               with
               them
               in
               their
               Horrid
               ,
               and
               Execrable
               ,
               Impieties
               ?
               I
               now
               assure
               my selfe
               that
               God
               intends
               to
               shew
               his
               Wra●h
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               his
               Power
               eminently
               knowne
               ,
               —
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               —
               as
               upon
               vessels
               of
               wrath
               ,
               that
               all
               this
               while
               have
               beene
               fitting
               themselves
               to
               Destruction
               .
               
                 If
                 a
                 Man
                 will
                 not
                 turn
              
               (
               saith
               our
               prophet
               )
               
                 then
                 will
                 he
                 Bend
                 his
                 Bow
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 ready
                 his
                 Arrows
                 against
                 the
                 Persecutours
                 ,
              
               Psal.
               7.
               
               For
               though
               a
               Sinner
               do
               Evil
               an
               hundred
               times
               ,
               and
               his
               Days
               be
               prolonged
               ;
               yet
               at
               last
               (
               the
               Preacher
               is
               peremptory
               )
               it
               shall
               not
               go
               well
               with
               him
               ,
               Eccles
               .
               8.
               
               And
               therefore
               ,
               however
               
               you
               may
               observe
               the
               Almighty
               to
               dance
               Attendance
               upon
               wicked
               Miscreants
               a
               long
               time
               ,
               in
               a
               continued
               expectance
               of
               their
               Conversion
               ;
               and
               ,
               no
               lesse
               Passionately
               then
               Compassionately
               ,
               to
               debate
               the
               reason
               of
               their
               Remissnesse
               in
               Turning
               unto
               him
               ;
               
                 Turne
                 yee
                 ,
                 turne
                 yee
                 from
                 your
                 evil
                 ways
                 ;
                 for
                 why
                 will
                 you
                 Die
                 ,
                 O
                 yee
                 House
                 of
                 Israel
                 ?
              
               Ezek.
               33.
               11.
               
               
                 Thou
                 gavest
                 them
                 place
                 of
                 Repentance
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Wiseman
               of
               the
               People
               )
               not
               being
               ignorant
               that
               they
               were
               a
               Naughty
               Generation
               ,
               that
               their
               Malice
               was
               bred
               in
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               their
               Cogitation
               would
               never
               bee
               changed
               .
               Wisd.
               12.
               10.
               
               Yet
               ,
               if
               now
               at
               
               last
               ,
               after
               his
               long
               exercised
               ,
               and
               so
               abused
               ,
               patience
               ,
               he
               can
               discover
               no
               semblance
               of
               turning
               ,
               then
               doth
               he
               no
               longer
               forbear
               to
               let
               flye
               the
               Arrows
               of
               his
               vengeance
               .
               For
               whose
               drawing
               up
               to
               the
               head
               though
               hee
               may
               take
               some
               time
               (
               as
               St.
               Hierome
               )
               to
               give
               them
               fair
               warning
               that
               they
               stand
               within
               the
               reach
               of
               his
               Arm
               :
               yet
               ,
               when
               he
               letteth
               loose
               from
               the
               string
               ,
               he
               striketh
               home
               indeed
               ,
               and
               pierceth
               to
               the
               very
               heart
               .
               
                 Sera
                 tamen
                 tacitis
                 Poena
                 venit
                 pedibus
              
               ;
               God
               ,
               when
               he
               cometh
               with
               
                 Leaden
                 Heels
              
               to
               strike
               ,
               striketh
               yet
               with
               
                 Iron
                 Hands
              
               ,
               when
               he
               commeth
               .
               The
               further
               back
               a
               Blow
               is
               
               fetched
               ,
               the
               Deeper
               it
               woundeth
               .
               And
               ,
               when
               Gods
               judgements
               are
               furthest
               adjourned
               ,
               for
               point
               of
               Execution
               ,
               they
               still
               leave
               ,
               when
               they
               come
               to
               be
               executed
               ,
               the
               most
               deadly
               Scar
               behind
               them
               .
               He
               ,
               that
               
                 is
                 of
                 Purer
                 eys
                 then
                 to
                 behold
                 Iniquity
                 ,
              
               will
               not
               suffer
               such
               Iniquity
               for
               ever
               to
               escape
               ,
               as
               not
               undiscovered
               ,
               so
               neither
               unpunished
               .
               But
               ,
               as
               we
               say
               of
               a
               skilful
               Fencer
               ,
               that
               his
               Hand
               and
               Eye
               still
               go
               together
               ;
               upon
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               ungodlies
               courses
               ,
               contumatiously
               continued
               ,
               
                 he
                 taketh
                 the
                 matter
                 into
                 his
                 own
                 Hands
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               v.
               16.
               of
               this
               Psalm
               .
               And
               then
               woundeth
               to
               the
               purpose
               
                 the
                 Hairy
                 Scalp
                 of
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 goeth
                 on
                 still
                 in
                 his
                 wickedness
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Psal.
               68.
               21.
               
               And
               that
               Dreadful
               Day
               of
               vengeance
               the
               Hand
               of
               his
               Justice
               will
               at
               last
               be
               sure
               to
               bring
               on
               ,
               which
               the
               Eye
               of
               his
               omniscience
               hath
               foreseen
               ,
               and
               that
               perhaps
               for
               some
               long
               time
               ,
               a
               comming
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 that
                 his
                 Day
                 his
                 comming
                 .
              
            
             
               Indeed
               ,
               as
               we
               say
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               he
               is
               ,
               every
               Day
               ,
               Making
               his
               Maker
               :
               we
               ,
               in
               semblance
               ,
               will
               needes
               be
               making
               ,
               us
               a
               God
               of
               such
               a
               composition
               ,
               both
               for
               Hands
               ,
               Face
               ,
               and
               Eyes
               ,
               as
               best
               pleaseth
               us
               ;
               all
               of
               Sweetness
               ,
               and
               Grace
               ;
               but
               
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               Rigour
               ,
               nothing
               .
               Nothing
               of
               him
               will
               sink
               with
               us
               ,
               but
               that
               
                 his
                 Mercy
                 is
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 will
                 be
                 pacified
                 for
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 his
                 sins
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Ecclus.
               ●
               .
               6.
               
               That
               vision
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               that
               Ezekiel
               in
               the
               first
               of
               his
               Prophesie
               ,
               seeth
               ,
               of
               four
               several
               creatures
               appearing
               ,
               each
               having
               four
               several
               Faces
               ,
               is
               well
               worth
               our
               best
               Heeding
               ;
               whereof
               the
               first
               is
               of
               a
               Man
               ;
               the
               second
               of
               an
               Eagle
               ;
               the
               third
               of
               an
               Oxe
               ;
               and
               the
               fourth
               of
               a
               Lion
               .
               And
               to
               every
               of
               these
               Faces
               hath
               the
               great
               God
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               eyes
               sutable
               .
               He
               hath
               the
               eyes
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               the
               eyes
               of
               his
               Providence
               ;
               
                 He
                 ●uleth
                 
                 all
                 things
                 with
                 his
                 Power
                 for
                 ever
              
               (
               saith
               our
               Prophet
               )
               
                 his
                 Eyes
                 behold
                 the
                 people
                 .
                 Ps.
              
               66.
               6.
               
               He
               hath
               the
               eyes
               of
               an
               Eagle
               ,
               his
               eyes
               of
               simple
               Intelligence
               (
               as
               the
               School
               speaketh
               )
               wherewith
               he
               beholdeth
               all
               things
               ;
               
                 To
                 his
                 Eys
                 are
                 all
                 things
                 Naked
                 ,
                 &
                 open
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               .
               Heb.
               4.
               11.
               
               He
               hath
               his
               Ox
               Eys
               ;
               Eys
               ,
               not
               of
               compassion
               onely
               ;
               
                 I
                 have
                 seen
              
               (
               is
               his
               own
               word
               )
               
                 the
                 Affliction
                 of
                 my
                 People
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 Egypt
                 ,
              
               Exod.
               3.
               7.
               
               But
               of
               Approbation
               to
               ;
               
                 The
                 Eyes
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 are
                 over
                 the
                 Righteous
                 ,
              
               saith
               our
               Prophet
               ,
               Psal.
               34.
               14.
               
               And
               he
               hath
               his
               Eyes
               of
               a
               Lion
               likewise
               ,
               his
               Eyes
               of
               Indignation
               .
               And
               for
               the
               sharp
               
               edge
               of
               these
               to
               be
               darted
               out
               upon
               the
               Proud
               ,
               the
               picture
               of
               Patience
               cannot
               forbear
               to
               be
               instant
               .
               Job
               40.
               12.
               
               
                 Look
                 upon
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 Proud
                 ,
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 and
                 bring
                 him
                 L●w.
              
               And
               with
               these
               ,
               by
               our
               Prophets
               verd●ct
               (
               answering
               that
               Holy
               Mans
               Desire
               )
               as
               he
               
                 beholdeth
                 the
                 Proud
                 a
                 far
                 off
                 ,
                 Psal.
              
               138.
               6.
               so
               doth
               he
               see
               the
               comming
               of
               the
               Wicked
               Mans
               Day
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 shall
                 Laugh
                 him
                 to
                 scorn
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 that
                 his
                 Day
                 is
                 comming
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               is
               the
               saying
               of
               the
               Lord
               to
               Samuel
               now
               ,
               by
               a
               Commission
               from
               〈◊〉
               being
               to
               annoint
               one
               of
               
               Iesse's
               sons
               for
               King
               over
               his
               People
               ,
               he
               is
               now
               fixing
               
               his
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               laying
               his
               Hands
               ,
               upon
               
                 Eliab
                 ,
                 The
                 Lord
                 seeth
                 not
                 as
                 man
                 seeth
                 ,
                 1
                 Sam
                 ,
              
               16.
               7.
               
               The
               Apostle
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               13.
               12.
               giveth
               us
               as
               clear
               a
               Representation
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               of
               the
               different
               Edge
               of
               either
               of
               their
               Eye
               sights
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               
                 we
                 see
              
               (
               sa●th
               he
               )
               
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 Glass
                 ,
                 Darkly
                 .
              
               A
               Glass
               ;
               
                 Qualia
                 sunt
                 Perspicilla
                 sinum
                 ,
                 seu
                 Speculum
                 oculere
                 ,
              
               saith
               a
               learned
               Interpreter
               upon
               the
               words
               ;
               such
               as
               are
               old
               Mens
               Spectacles
               ;
               or
               Prospective
               Glasses
               to
               Old
               ,
               or
               Young.
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               as
               it
               followeth
               ;
               in
               a
               
                 Dark
                 ,
                 Mysterious
              
               ,
               and
               Ridling
               ,
               Representation
               .
               Yea
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               so
               ;
               but
               ,
               for
               
               the
               General
               ,
               we
               look
               upon
               any
               evil
               to
               come
               ,
               as
               at
               the
               wrong
               end
               of
               a
               Prospective
               ;
               and
               so
               (
               as
               those
               in
               the
               Prophet
               above
               praised
               )
               
                 put
                 it
                 far
                 away
                 from
                 us
                 .
              
               Nay
               ,
               finde
               we
               not
               what
               ever
               Evil
               to
               make
               winged
               speed
               after
               us
               ?
               Wee
               finally
               put
               off
               all
               thoughts
               thereof
               ,
               as
               those
               in
               that
               other
               Prophet
               above
               praised
               ;
               
                 Is
                 not
                 the
                 Lord
                 amongst
                 us
                 ?
                 None
                 Evil
                 can
                 happen
                 unto
                 us
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               whilest
               ,
               through
               our
               weak
               Perspicils
               ,
               wherewith
               we
               look
               upon
               the
               Aspects
               and
               Influences
               of
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               wee
               will
               needs
               bee
               taking
               upon
               us
               a
               faculty
               of
               Divining
               of
               things
               to
               come
               ;
               and
               hereupon
               cheer
               ,
               and
               courage
               ,
               
               up
               our selves
               in
               the
               most
               Mischievous
               practices
               ;
               as
               did
               
                 Zedekiah
                 ,
                 Ahab
                 ,
                 1
                 King.
              
               22.
               12.
               
               
                 Go
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 prosper
              
               ;
               who
               seeth
               not
               what
               just
               reason
               the
               whole
               world
               shall
               have
               to
               cry
               out
               of
               us
               ,
               as
               those
               in
               that
               other
               Prophet
               ,
               Zach.
               10.
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Diviners
                 amongst
                 us
                 have
                 seen
                 a
                 ●ye
                 ?
                 and
                 told
                 false
                 Dreames
                 ?
              
               It
               is
               otherwise
               with
               this
               All-seeing
               God.
               In
               the
               Infallible
               Glass
               of
               himself
               he
               contemplateth
               all
               things
               ,
               whether
               Past
               ,
               or
               Future
               ,
               or
               Present
               .
               Yea
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               pleaseth
               ,
               seeth
               not
               onely
               ,
               but
               calleth
               for
               
                 t●ings
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 .
                 Rom.
              
               14.
               17.
               
               And
               therefore
               pregnant
               is
               that
               the
               
               Prophets
               words
               of
               him
               ,
               Esay
               7.
               18.
               
               
                 Hee
                 shall
                 hiss
                 for
                 the
                 Flye
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 uttermost
                 parts
                 of
                 Egypt
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Bee
                 in
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 Assyria
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 come
                 and
                 rest
                 in
                 the
                 Desolate
                 Valleys
                 .
              
               The
               very
               Poet
               can
               say
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               
                 God
                 hath
                 an
                 Eye
                 armed
                 with
                 Revenge
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               
                 Oculos
                 Emissities
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Comick
               ;
               Eyes
               ,
               that
               dart
               out
               Dead-doing
               Rayes
               .
               Nay
               Eyes
               as
               Thunderbolts
               ,
               and
               those
               Right-aiming
               (
               saith
               the
               Wiseman
               )
               which
               
                 discharged
                 from
                 the
                 Clouds
                 ,
                 as
                 from
                 a
                 well-drawn
                 Bow
                 ,
                 readily
                 flye
                 to
                 the
                 Mark.
                 Wisd.
              
               5.
               21.
               
               Nay
               ,
               as
               his
               Hand
               draweth
               up
               these
               Thunderbolts
               of
               his
               judgments
               
               to
               the
               H●ad
               ,
               and
               dischargeth
               th●m
               upon
               the
               wicked
               :
               so
               do●h
               his
               Eye
               ,
               looking
               as
               at
               the
               Right
               End
               of
               a
               Prospective
               ,
               draw
               them
               near
               home
               ,
               and
               so
               speedeth
               the
               Executi●●
               of
               them
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 ba●●en
                 my
                 word
              
               (
               is
               his
               own
               word
               )
               
                 to
                 p●rform
                 it
              
               .
               Jer.
               1.
               12.
               
               And
               this
               time
               ,
               of
               his
               Acceleration
               of
               vengeance
               upon
               a
               ●e●ple
               ,
               far
               is
               hee
               from
               being
               so
               reserved
               ,
               but
               that
               still
               hee
               preacquainteth
               his
               Prophets
               therewith
               .
               
                 Shall
                 I
                 hide
                 from
                 Abraham
              
               (
               is
               the
               same
               Lords
               solemn
               debate
               with
               himself
               about
               the
               destruction
               of
               
                 Sodom
                 )
                 that
                 thing
                 ▪
                 which
                 I
                 intend
                 to
                 do
                 ?
                 Gen.
              
               18.
               17.
               
               No!
               the
               Prophet
               maketh
               a
               present
               and
               positive
               
               Answer
               to
               this
               the
               Lords
               
                 Quere
                 ,
                 Amos
                 3.
                 7.
                 
                 Surely
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
                 do
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 Revealeth
                 his
                 Secret
                 to
                 his
                 Servants
                 ,
                 the
                 Prophets
                 .
              
               And
               this
               you
               may
               see
               to
               be
               the
               Ground
               of
               our
               Saviours
               own
               Addresse
               to
               his
               Father
               ,
               after
               that
               he
               hath
               denounced
               Vengeance
               against
               
                 Bethsaid●
                 ,
                 Chorazin
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Capernaum
                 ;
                 I
                 thank
                 thee
                 Father
                 ,
                 Lord
                 of
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 Hid
                 these
                 things
                 from
                 the
                 Wise
                 ,
                 and
                 Prudent
                 ;
                 and
                 hast
                 Revealed
                 them
                 unto
                 B●bes
                 ,
                 M●t.
              
               11.
               25.
               
               O!
               the
               marc●lesse
               Priviledge
               of
               a
               right
               Prophet
               of
               the
               Lord
               !
               yea
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               Child
               of
               God!
               of
               a
               very
               Babe
               in
               Grace
               !
               That
               ,
               when
               
                 Franticke
                 
                 Enthusiasts
              
               shall
               vainly
               ,
               and
               groundlesly
               ,
               boaste
               them
               of
               their
               Brain-sicke
               Revelations
               ;
               and
               Worldly
               Wise-men
               of
               their
               full
               Magazines
               of
               Understanding
               ,
               and
               Knowledge
               ;
               shall
               onely
               indeed
               have
               the
               Honour
               vouchsafed
               them
               ,
               of
               being
               
                 Privy
                 Counsellours
              
               to
               the
               great
               King
               of
               Heaven
               !
               It
               is
               one
               special
               Article
               of
               Precedence
               ,
               I
               finde
               given
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               History
               ,
               in
               General
               ,
               beyonde
               all
               other
               Studies
               ;
               
                 Lectores
                 suos
                 vates
                 reddit
                 ;
                 That
                 it
                 rendereth
                 its
                 Reader●
                 Prophets
                 .
              
               The
               observation
               of
               the
               successe
               ,
               Designes
               have
               b●en
               sped
               of
               in
               Times
               past
               ,
               may
               well
               enable
               the
               observers
               to
               Presage
               
               how
               the
               like
               shall
               succeed
               for
               the
               Time
               to
               come
               .
               But
               then
               ,
               the
               Reading
               of
               Holy
               Histories
               ,
               of
               Divine
               Records
               ,
               must
               needes
               much
               more
               be
               of
               signal
               vertue
               to
               inspire
               the
               Reader●
               with
               a
               Prophetique
               Spirit
               .
               And
               then
               just
               reason
               may
               St.
               Paul
               seeme
               to
               have
               for
               the
               magnifying
               of
               his
               Timothy
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 from
                 a
                 childe
                 he●
                 hath
                 studied
                 the
                 Holy
                 Sciptures
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 him
                 wise
                 unto
                 Salvation
                 .
              
               1
               Tim.
               3.
               15.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               if
               the
               Jews
               ,
               by
               the
               Fig
               trees
               putting
               forth
               her
               Leaves
               ,
               could
               Divine
               of
               the
               Summers
               neare
               Approach
               ,
               Matth.
               24.
               32.
               perhaps
               ,
               out
               of
               these
               sacred
               Records
               ,
               some
               Prognosticks
               ,
               not
               improbable
               ,
               may
               
               bee
               collected
               of
               the
               neare
               approach
               of
               a
               Wicked
               Mans
               Day
               .
               And
               upon
               these
               our
               parts
               it
               shall
               be
               to
               looke
               ,
               as
               upon
               Red
               Crosses
               ,
               set
               on
               the
               Doors
               of
               Infected
               Houses
               ;
               seasonable
               Items
               that
               wee
               come
               not
               near
               .
               And
               as
               upon
               Boighs
               cast
               out
               neare
               the
               Anchors
               of
               Ships
               ,
               fair
               Monitours
               that
               wee
               dash
               not
               upon
               them
               .
               Of
               many
               ,
               (
               being
               loath
               too
               far
               to
               exercise
               your
               Patience
               )
               I
               shall
               onely
               name
               a
               few
               .
               The
               first
               (
               as
               already
               you
               have
               had
               an
               intimation
               )
               Security
               .
               You
               hear
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               how
               suddenly
               the
               Rich
               Co●morants
               pleasing
               Lullaby
               ,
               hee
               singeth
               to
               his
               Soul
               ;
               
                 Soul
                 ,
                 th●n
                 hast
                 much
                 Goods
                 laid
                 up
                 for
                 
                 many
                 years
                 ,
              
               is
               ,
               by
               the
               Almighty
               himselfe
               ,
               intterrupted
               with
               a
               
                 Dolefull
                 Dirge
                 ;
                 Thou
                 Fool
                 ,
                 this
                 Night
                 shall
                 thy
                 Soule
                 be
                 required
                 of
                 thee
                 ,
              
               Luke
               12.
               20.
               
               And
               the
               Apostle
               taketh
               it
               for
               an
               irrefragable
               conclusion
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 when
                 Men
                 cry
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 Safety
                 ,
                 then
                 sudden
                 Destruction
                 commeth
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 like
                 as
                 Travel
                 upon
                 a
                 woman
                 with
                 child
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 escap●
                 .
              
               1
               Thes.
               5.
               3
               
               And
               if
               ,
               when
               God
               calleth
               to
               VVeeping
               and
               Mourning
               ,
               to
               Baldnesse
               and
               Sack●loth
               ,
               there
               shall
               bee
               
                 flaying
                 of
                 Oxen
                 ,
                 and
                 killing
                 of
                 Sheep
                 ,
              
               eating
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               drinking
               Wine
               ,
               
                 this
                 Iniquity
              
               (
               is
               the
               Lords
               owne
               expresse
               word
               to
               his
               people
               )
               
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 purged
                 ,
                 
                 until
                 yee
                 Die
                 ,
                 and
                 Perish
                 .
              
               Isa.
               22.
               14.
               
               A
               Mans
               secure
               enjoyment
               of
               himself
               ,
               especially
               in
               wanton
               ,
               and
               Lawless
               ,
               Practises
               ,
               is
               as
               certaine
               ,
               and
               immediate
               ,
               a
               Fore●●unner
               of
               D●struction
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               Day
               〈◊〉
               of
               the
               Suns
               Appearance
               .
               The
               second
               ,
               
                 Pride
                 .
                 An
                 Haughty
                 Spirit
                 goeth
                 before
                 a
                 Fall
                 ,
              
               is
               a
               Maxime
               ,
               the
               
                 Wise
                 man
              
               taketh
               fo●
               indisputable
               :
               Prov.
               16.
               18.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               wher
               Pride
               shall
               o●ce
               be
               seene
               ,
               as
               a
               Captaine
               ,
               to
               March
               in
               the
               Van
               ,
               little
               question
               is
               there
               to
               be
               made
               ,
               but
               that
               Destruction
               ,
               as
               the
               Lievtenant
               ,
               will
               still
               be
               sure
               to
               
                 Bring
                 up
                 the
                 Rear
              
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               if
               Men
               shall
               once
               begin
               to
               say
               to
               themselves
               ,
               as
               Babylon
               ,
               
               Isa.
               14.
               13.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 ascend
                 up
                 above
                 the
                 Heighth
                 of
                 the
                 Cloudes
                 ;
                 and
                 will
                 be
                 like
                 the
                 Most
                 High
              
               ;
               and
               so
               shall
               arrogate
               unto
               themselves
               a
               Power
               of
               being
               
                 Lords
                 Paramounts
              
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               ;
               and
               give
               it
               Lawes
               (
               though
               as
               those
               of
               D●aco
               )
               written
               in
               Bloud
               ;
               and
               shall
               therefore
               make
               no
               Bones
               of
               provoking
               their
               most
               Potent
               Neighbours
               to
               take
               up
               Armes
               for
               their
               Defence
               ;
               the
               next
               Newes
               to
               be
               expected
               is
               a
               like
               Fatall
               Doom
               upon
               the●
               with
               that
               upon
               
                 Babylon
                 ;
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 brought
                 down
                 to
                 Hell
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 pit
                 .
              
               The
               third
               
                 Hardness
                 of
                 Heart
              
               .
               When
               neither
               Mercies
               ,
               nor
               Judgements
               ,
               
               can
               reclaim
               Men
               from
               their
               Enormous
               courses
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               shall
               still
               resolve
               to
               go
               on
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               would
               dare
               the
               Almighty
               to
               execute
               ve●●eance
               upon
               them
               ;
               it
               is
               too
               app●rent
               a
               symbole
               that
               they
               are
               
                 given
                 up
                 to
                 a
                 Reprobate
                 sense
              
               ;
               and
               are
               all
               this
               while
               
                 treasuring
                 up
                 themselues
                 wrath
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 wrath
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Revelation
                 of
                 Gods
                 Righteous
                 judgements
                 ,
                 Rom.
              
               2.
               5.
               
               If
               all
               the
               plagues
               wherwith
               God
               visiteth
               Pharaoh
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Qualifications
               of
               Long-sufferance
               ,
               hee
               sweetly
               tempereth
               with
               them
               ,
               can
               at
               last
               make
               no
               impression
               upon
               him
               ,
               then
               justly
               doth
               t●e
               same
               Lord
               take
               up
               a
               Resolution
               ,
               
               that
               in
               his
               Destruction
               he
               will
               get
               him
               Honour
               .
               Exod.
               14
               ,
               The
               ●ourth
               ,
               
                 Fain●ness
                 of
                 Spirit
              
               ;
               which
               hath
               commonly
               Destitution
               of
               Counsel
               for
               its
               inseparable
               Companion
               .
               It
               is
               one
               special
               Presage
               of
               Aegypts
               Destruction
               at
               hand
               ,
               
                 that
                 her
                 Spirit
                 shall
                 faile
                 in
                 the
                 middest
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 her
                 Counsel
                 shall
                 be
                 destroyed
                 .
              
               Isa.
               19.
               3.
               
               When
               Men
               shall
               bee
               surprized
               with
               such
               a
               Panick
               Terrour
               ;
               or
               rather
               so
               pursued
               with
               Guilt
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               that
               (
               what
               Zebul
               sometimes
               to
               Gaal
               〈◊〉
               .
               9.
               36.
               
               
                 Thou
                 seest
                 the
                 sh●●●●es
                 of
                 the
                 Mountains
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 Men
              
               )
               they
               shall
               bee
               so
               affrighted
               with
               Shadowes
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               saw
               an
               
               Army
               of
               Resolved
               Men
               marching
               in
               Battel-array
               against
               them
               ;
               and
               shall
               so
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               a
               strange
               kinde
               of
               
                 Antiperistasis
                 ,
                 encourage
                 the
                 spoyled
                 to
                 come
                 against
                 the
                 Fortresse
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Amos
               5.
               9.
               but
               finde
               none
               the
               least
               Cordial
               of
               Counsel
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               for
               the
               chearing
               up
               their
               Drooping
               spirits
               in
               the
               Depth
               of
               their
               Distresse
               ;
               it
               cannot
               now
               appear
               a
               matter
               of
               great
               difficulty
               ,
               without
               any
               great
               help
               of
               Art
               ,
               to
               Divine
               ,
               that
               the
               Ruine
               of
               such
               is
               closely
               treading
               upon
               their
               Heels
               .
               If
               an
               Hideons
               Noise
               of
               Trembling
               come
               once
               to
               be
               heard
               in
               the
               Campe
               of
               the
               Philistines
               ,
               they
               presently
               melte
               away
               ,
               
               beating
               one
               another
               .
               1
               Sam.
               14
               ,
               15.
               16.
               
               The
               fifth
               ,
               
                 Hy●
                 pocrisie
              
               .
               Ye
               Hypocrites
               (
               saith
               our
               Saviour
               to
               the
               Pharisees
               ,
               boasting
               of
               their
               Religious
               
                 Corban
                 Mat
              
               15.
               7.
               )
               When
               the
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               must
               give
               place
               (
               I
               say
               not
               to
               Mens
               received
               Traditions
               so
               much
               as
               )
               to
               their
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               paralel●'d
               ,
               Self●
               ends
               ;
               nay
               ,
               when
               it
               shall
               bee
               made
               a
               stalking-Horse
               for
               the
               compassing
               of
               these
               Self-ends
               of
               theirs
               :
               such
               Clay
               (
               yea
               ,
               perhaps
               I
               may
               ,
               not
               amisse
               ,
               ●
               say
               
                 Claw
                 )
                 Feet
              
               cannot
               long
               keep
               the
               Head
               (
               though
               it
               may
               appeare
               all
               of
               
                 pure
                 Gold
              
               )
               long
               upon
               the
               Shoulders
               .
               
                 Every
                 Mans
                 work
                 shall
                 bee
                 made
                 manifest
              
               (
               saith
               
               the
               Apostle
               )
               for
               there
               will
               be
               a
               Day
               ,
               that
               shall
               declare
               it
               .
               1
               Cor.
               3.
               13.
               
               The
               sixth
               ,
               
                 Oppression
                 ▪
              
               When
               Men
               shal
               be
               practi●-sing
               to
               appeare
               such
               Mighty
               Nimrods
               ,
               as
               to
               
                 Hunt
                 every
                 man
                 his
                 brother
                 with
                 a
                 Net
                 ,
              
               then
               is
               the
               Day
               of
               their
               Visitation
               ,
               and
               Perplexity
               at
               Hand
               .
               Mic.
               7.
               
               Yea
               ,
               in
               
                 the
                 same
                 Net
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 privily
                 ●aid
                 for
                 others
                 ,
              
               not
               seldome
               ,
               is
               their
               own
               Foot
               ta●ken
               .
               Psa.
               9.
               
               And
               then
               ,
               as
               St.
               
                 Gregory
                 ,
                 Cum
                 sentio
                 poenum
                 ,
                 recogito
                 Culpam
              
               ;
               When
               the
               sense
               of
               Punishent
               may
               possibly
               have
               produced
               ,
               what
               the
               guilt
               of
               Fault
               hath
               hitherto
               beene
               farre
               from
               being
               able
               to
               effect
               ,
               a
               startling
               you
               out
               of
               your
               secure
               
               slumbers
               ,
               the
               Confession
               of
               ,
               what
               perhaps
               by
               deare-bought
               Experience
               you
               shall
               then
               be
               instructed
               in
               ;
               and
               though
               ,
               not
               unlikely
               ,
               —
               '
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               not
               without
               some
               kinde
               of
               Reluctance
               ,
               extorted
               from
               you
               ,
               as
               from
               Adonibezek
               sometime
               :
               Jud.
               1.
               7.
               
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 so
                 hath
                 God
                 requited
                 mee
                 :
              
               you
               shall
               finde
               to
               tend
               no
               less
               to
               the
               comfort
               of
               your
               owne
               soules
               then
               God●
               Glory
               .
               
                 When
                 I
                 heard
                 these
                 things
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Prophet
               )
               
                 my
                 Belly
                 trembled
                 ,
                 my
                 Lips
                 quivered
                 ,
                 yea
                 Rottenness
                 entred
                 into
                 my
                 very
                 Bones
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 find
                 rest
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Trouble
                 .
              
               Hab.
               3.
               16.
               
               O
               well
               is
               us
               ,
               and
               happy
               
               shall
               we
               be
               ,
               if
               our
               continual
               expectance
               of
               this
               Dayes
               Advent
               shall
               affect
               our
               soules
               with
               a
               careful
               Anxiety
               ;
               that
               thereby
               ,
               as
               the
               Windes
               violence
               by
               a
               fair
               tuft
               of
               Trees
               before
               an
               House
               ,
               the
               Fury
               of
               its
               Breach
               being
               broken
               ,
               before
               it
               break
               in
               upon
               us
               ,
               at
               this
               Days
               appearance
               ,
               we
               may
               finde
               Rest
               in
               our
               souls
               .
               The
               seventh
               (
               not
               to
               trouble
               you
               with
               an
               Enumeration
               of
               further
               Particulars
               )
               
                 the
                 Contempt
                 of
                 Gods
                 faithful
                 Messengers
                 ,
                 and
                 Ministers
                 .
              
               When
               Men
               will
               be
               above
               Ordinances
               ;
               and
               ,
               by
               a
               Spirit
               (
               neither
               I
               ,
               nor
               they
               ,
               know
               what
               )
               shall
               assume
               unto
               themselves
               a
               Gift
               of
               Prophesying
               ,
               before
               
               they
               are
               sent
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               for
               the
               bringing
               the
               Priests
               Function
               into
               contempt
               ,
               
                 whose
                 Lips
                 ought
                 so
                 to
                 preserve
                 Knowledge
                 ,
              
               as
               that
               the
               People
               are
               (
               as
               at
               an
               
                 Oracle
                 )
                 to
                 seek
                 the
                 Law
                 at
                 his
                 Mouth
                 onely
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 the
                 only
                 true
                 Messenger
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 Hosts
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               Mal.
               2.
               7.
               shall
               practise
               the
               exposing
               them
               to
               the
               
                 Beggerly
                 Rudiments
              
               or
               Elements
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               in
               another
               case
               ,
               Gal.
               4.
               9.
               
               )
               of
               a
               Necessitous
               ,
               and
               calamitous
               ,
               condition
               ;
               that
               thereby
               they
               may
               be
               enforced
               ,
               either
               to
               Prophesie
               Deceits
               ;
               or
               be
               tamely
               content
               to
               have
               their
               Tongues
               finally
               shut
               up
               in
               silence
               ;
               this
               Iniquity
               shall
               be
               unto
               them
               as
               
               a
               
                 Breach
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 fall
                 ,
                 whose
                 Breaking
                 commeth
                 suddenly
                 in
                 an
                 instant
                 .
              
               Esa.
               30.
               13.
               
               And
               therefore
               the
               Authour
               of
               the
               Bookes
               of
               Sacred
               Chronicles
               telleth
               us
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               
                 they
                 Mocked
                 the
                 Messengers
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 mis-used
                 his
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 until
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 arose
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Remedy
                 .
              
               2
               Chron.
               36.
               16.
               
               And
               if
               Hierusalem
               shall
               but
               so
               
                 stone
                 the
                 Prophets
              
               ,
               as
               I
               say
               not
               to
               
                 make
                 Bread
                 of
                 stones
              
               for
               them
               (
               a
               conclusion
               yet
               the
               Devil
               would
               sometimes
               fain
               have
               perswaded
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               in
               his
               extremity
               of
               Hunger
               ,
               to
               have
               tried
               ,
               Math.
               the
               4.
               and
               the
               3.
               )
               but
               (
               like
               unnatural
               Parents
               rather
               ,
               
               Matth.
               7.
               9.
               
               )
               shall
               
                 give
                 them
                 stones
                 for
                 Bread
              
               ;
               yea
               ,
               lest
               even
               of
               these
               ,
               they
               may
               chance
               to
               make
               an
               hard
               shift
               to
               make
               work
               for
               their
               Teeth
               ,
               shall
               finally
               shut
               up
               their
               Mouths
               ;
               such
               Barbarous
               cruelty
               is
               immediately
               followed
               with
               a
               sentence
               of
               Remediless
               Desolation
               ;
               
                 Behold
                 !
                 your
                 House
                 is
                 left
                 unto
                 you
                 Desolate
                 ,
              
               Luk.
               13.
               34.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               see
               I
               Men
               ,
               with
               Ionah
               to
               sleep
               securely
               in
               their
               Rebellious
               courses
               ?
               when
               they
               have
               too
               just
               reason
               to
               fear
               ,
               that
               the
               Tempest
               of
               Gods
               too
               justly
               incensed
               Displeasure
               may
               speedily
               swallow
               them
               up
               ?
               See
               I
               them
               to
               stretch
               their
               Plumes
               beyond
               the
               compass
               
               of
               their
               Nests
               ?
               and
               ,
               forgetting
               
                 the
                 Rock
              
               ,
               from
               whence
               
                 they
                 are
                 Hewen
              
               ;
               and
               the
               Pit
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               they
               are
               Digged
               ;
               to
               insult
               over
               those
               ,
               God
               hath
               placed
               in
               an
               Eminent
               Sphear
               above
               them
               ?
               See
               I
               them
               
                 turning
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 into
                 wantonness
                 ?
              
               and
               to
               look
               upon
               his
               judgements
               as
               no
               other
               then
               
                 Scar-crowes
                 ?
                 Bug-bears
              
               ,
               meerly
               made
               up
               for
               the
               affrighting
               of
               children
               ?
               See
               I
               them
               Machinating
               to
               make
               Machiavel
               speak
               the
               Language
               of
               Canaan
               ?
               Yea
               to
               make
               that
               Heavenly
               Language
               a
               Gentleman-usher
               to
               lead
               in
               the
               most
               Hellish
               practises
               ?
               Nay
               all
               Religion
               ,
               upon
               the
               Result
               ,
               to
               be
               concluded
               to
               
               be
               nothing
               but
               the
               Spawn
               of
               a
               Poetick
               Brain
               ?
               purposely
               excog●tated
               to
               keep
               Men
               in
               awe
               ?
               and
               to
               Broke
               for
               Politick
               ends
               ?
               See
               I
               them
               eating
               up
               the
               people
               of
               God
               daily
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               would
               eat
               Bread
               ?
               whilest
               they
               scarce
               leave
               them
               crums
               of
               Bread
               to
               eat
               ?
               but
               give
               them
               up
               ,
               most
               mercilesly
               ,
               to
               depend
               upon
               their
               Prayers
               for
               Daily
               Bread
               ?
               To
               say
               no
               more
               ,
               see
               I
               Men
               practising
               to
               leave
               the
               Israel
               of
               God
               without
               a
               Right-Teaching
               Prophet
               ?
               or
               at
               best
               ,
               to
               propose
               them
               to
               themselves
               for
               Trumpets
               of
               their
               own
               Designes
               ?
               or
               else
               these
               Trumpets
               must
               give
               ,
               I
               say
               not
               as
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               an
               uncertain
               ,
               but
               
                 no
                 
                 sound
              
               at
               all
               ?
               So
               that
               the
               People
               shall
               be
               rather
               in
               an
               imminent
               ●eril
               of
               a
               Famine
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               then
               the
               Accomplishment
               of
               their
               whatever
               self-ends
               be
               crossed
               ,
               or
               obstructed
               ?
               Here
               (
               as
               it
               is
               2
               Chron.
               15.
               7.
               
               )
               no
               longer
               may
               a
               People
               look
               for
               continuance
               of
               Peace
               ;
               but
               for
               all
               manner
               of
               vexations
               round
               about
               them
               .
               
                 Except
                 you
                 see
                 Signes
              
               (
               you
               know
               ,
               is
               out
               Saviours
               word
               to
               the
               Nobleman
               of
               
                 Capernaum
                 )
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 Beleeve
                 .
              
               Joh.
               4.
               48.
               
               But
               then
               if
               Men
               will
               not
               Beleeve
               Signes
               ,
               what
               can
               they
               be
               concluded
               for
               other
               then
               meer
               Infidels
               ?
               And
               with
               these
               Signes
               having
               laboured
               ,
               as
               your
               Remembrancer
               ,
               
               to
               Awake
               you
               ;
               &
               as
               (
               as
               St.
               Iude
               in
               the
               17.
               of
               his
               Epistle
               )
               
                 to
                 save
                 you
                 with
                 Fear
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               
                 to
                 pluck
                 you
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               before
               the
               Flames
               of
               Gods
               Anger
               grow
               so
               intense
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               none
               to
               quench
               them
               ;
               however
               some
               amongst
               you
               may
               look
               with
               a
               Prejudicate
               Eye
               upon
               ,
               and
               turn
               the
               
                 Deaf
                 Ear
              
               unto
               ,
               such
               Plain
               dealing
               
                 Tell-Troths
                 ;
                 Ora
                 ,
                 Dei
                 jussu
                 ,
                 non
                 unqu●m
                 credita
              
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               by
               Gods
               just
               judgement
               ,
               shall
               have
               your
               Eares
               heavy
               ,
               and
               your
               Eye
               ;
               ●hut
               up
               ;
               
                 lest
                 seeing
                 with
                 your
                 Eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 Hearing
                 with
                 your
                 Eares
                 ,
                 you
                 should
                 bee
                 converted
                 and
                 H●aled
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               Esa.
               6.
               10.
               just
               reason
               ,
               in
               ●he
               
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               take
               up
               a
               confidence
               ,
               that
               (
               what
               St.
               Paul
               some●times
               to
               his
               Ephefian
               Elders
               ,
               Acts
               20.
               )
               
                 I
                 am
                 Pure
                 from
                 the
                 Bloud
                 of
                 all
                 Men
              
               ;
               for
               that
               
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 s●unned
                 to
                 declare
                 unto
                 you
                 the
                 whole
                 counself
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               then
               (
               as
               our
               Prophet
               Ps.
               55
               )
               
                 O!
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 wings
                 like
                 a
                 D●ve
                 !
                 for
                 then
                 would
                 I
                 make
                 haste
                 to
                 escape
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 stormy
                 Winde
                 ,
                 and
                 Tempests
                 !
              
               What
               great
               reason
               that
               our
               soules
               look
               out
               for
               Doves
               wings
               ?
               
                 Radit
                 iter
                 liquidum
              
               ;
               wherewith
               we
               be
               farre
               from
               Hovering
               over
               out
               old
               sensual
               lusts
               ?
               but
               flying
               away
               with
               all
               possible
               speed
               ?
               that
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               1
               Thes.
               5.
               4.
               
               )
               
                 that
                 Dreadfull
                 
                 Day
                 overtake
                 us
                 not
                 as
                 a
                 Thie●
                 ?
              
               Certainly
               ,
               high
               time
               can
               we
               not
               but
               conclude
               it
               for
               us
               
                 to
                 run
              
               (
               as
               the
               same
               Apostle
               adviseth
               Heb.
               12.
               1.
               
               )
               
                 with
                 Patience
              
               ,
               and
               yet
               with
               cheerfulnes
               too
               ,
               
                 the
                 Race
                 that
                 is
                 set
                 before
                 us
                 .
              
               At
               least
               (
               as
               is
               the
               word
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               is
               
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 the
                 world
              
               ,
               Joh.
               12.
               35.
               
               )
               
                 to
                 walke
                 ,
                 while
                 we
                 have
                 Light
                 ,
              
               lest
               darkness
               come
               upon
               us
               ;
               for
               that
               it
               is
               but
               a
               very
               little
               while
               ,
               that
               wee
               are
               to
               expect
               this
               Light
               with
               us
               .
               Yea
               for
               that
               (
               as
               it
               is
               Jer.
               6.
               4.
               
               )
               wee
               cannot
               but
               clearly
               discover
               ,
               how
               far
               the
               Day
               ,
               even
               the
               Day
               of
               Grace
               ,
               is
               spent
               ;
               and
               how
               the
               
                 shadows
                 of
                 the
                 Evening
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Evening
               
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               yea
               and
               Vengeance
               too
               ,
               are
               still
               every
               Minute
               ,
               stretching
               them
               out
               more
               signally
               over
               us
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               there
               are
               but
               two
               Dayes
               (
               as
               already
               you
               have
               had
               intimated
               )
               or
               rather
               a
               Day
               and
               a
               Night
               ,
               that
               dichotomize
               the
               whole
               life
               of
               Man
               ;
               the
               Day
               of
               Grace
               ;
               and
               the
               Day
               ,
               or
               rather
               Night
               ,
               of
               Vengeance
               .
               And
               now
               ,
               shall
               wee
               so
               farre
               turne
               Gods
               Grace
               into
               wantonnes
               ,
               as
               to
               spend
               the
               Day
               assigned
               unto
               this
               Grace
               ,
               in
               worldly
               Lusts
               ,
               in
               sensual
               Pleasures
               ,
               in
               the
               Pressures
               of
               our
               poor
               Brethren
               ;
               whose
               cries
               ,
               though
               they
               cannot
               open
               our
               Eares
               ,
               yet
               will
               they
               be
               sure
               ,
               sooner
               or
               later
               ,
               
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Eares
               of
               the
               Lord
               of
               Sabbath
               ;
               great
               reason
               ,
               that
               ,
               in
               Anguish
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               we
               still
               conceive
               ,
               we
               hear
               a
               voice
               speaking
               unto
               us
               ,
               not
               unlike
               that
               in
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               Ezech.
               7.
               
               
                 The
                 morning
                 is
                 come
                 upon
                 thee
                 ,
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 trouble
                 is
                 near
              
               ;
               at
               least
               as
               that
               ,
               in
               that
               other
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 Esay
                 21.
                 
                 The
                 Morning
                 commeth
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 the
                 Night
                 .
              
               Let
               it
               then
               be
               our
               care
               to
               walk
               in
               a
               true
               ,
               sincere
               ,
               and
               unfeigned
               Reformation
               of
               Life
               ,
               whilst
               the
               Light
               of
               this
               Day
               of
               Grace
               lasteth
               ;
               whilest
               the
               Sunne
               of
               Righteousness
               therein
               ,
               with
               the
               Gladsome
               ,
               though
               but
               now
               Gl●●mering
               ▪
               Beames
               of
               his
               countenance
               ,
               shineth
               out
               upon
               
               us
               .
               And
               ,
               then
               whilest
               Darkness
               ,
               overshadowing
               the
               Drowsie
               ,
               and
               secure
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               as
               Diogines
               sometime
               to
               his
               Physitian
               ,
               upon
               his
               Death-bed
               ;
               when
               ,
               after
               a
               short
               sleep
               ,
               hee
               demanded
               of
               him
               how
               he
               did
               ;
               one
               sleep
               ,
               and
               so
               Darkness
               ,
               shall
               prove
               unto
               them
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               Fore●runner
               of
               another
               ;
               a
               Spiritual
               of
               an
               Eternal
               sleep
               ,
               and
               Darkness
               ;
               the
               Day
               of
               Grace
               ,
               shall
               we
               circumspectly
               walke
               in
               the
               Light
               thereof
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               to
               be
               but
               the
               Prologue
               of
               another
               unto
               us
               ;
               and
               that
               more
               Bright
               ,
               and
               Lightsome
               ,
               Day
               ,
               even
               the
               Day
               of
               Glory
               ;
               a
               Day
               ,
               which
               shall
               need
               
               neither
               Sunne
               ,
               nor
               Moon
               ,
               for
               the
               Enlightning
               it
               ;
               but
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               shal●
               be
               its
               Light
               ;
               to
               the
               happy
               contemplation
               ,
               and
               Fruition
               ,
               whereof
               ,
               in
               thy
               good
               time
               ,
               O
               LORD
               ,
               bring
               every
               one
               of
               us
               ;
               and
               to
               this
               purpose
               grant
               ,
               that
               the
               words
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               this
               day
               heard
               with
               our
               outward
               Eares
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               GODS
               PROVIDENCE
               As●erted
               :
            
             
               In
               another
               SERMON
               ;
               Preached
               at
               St.
               Butt●lphs
               Aldersgate
               London
               ,
               near
               about
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               as
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               same
               Authour
               .
            
             
               1
               PET.
               5.
               7.
               
               Cast
               all
               your
               Care
               upon
               him
               ;
               for
               he
               careth
               for
               you
               .
            
             
               AUG
               .
               Qui
               curam
               tui
               habuit
               ,
               antequam
               esses
               ,
               quomodo
               curam
               tui
               non
               habebit
               ,
               cum
               sis
               quod
               voluit
               ut
               esse●
               ?
            
             
               Printed
               for
               the
               Author
               .
               1656.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               
                 READER
                 ,
              
            
             
               SHall
               I
               finde
               thee
               ,
               this
               in
               captious
               Age
               ,
               but
               un-biassed
               ,
               or
               unprejudicate
               ,
               I
               shall
               look
               upon
               thee
               as
               upon
               some
               Rare
               Philippian
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               a
               crooked
               ,
               and
               
                 Perverse
                 Generation
              
               .
               If
               Capricious
               ,
               and
               Censorious
               ,
               I
               meet
               with
               no
               worse
               Measure
               then
               I
               look
               for
               ,
               in
               these
               Dayes
               ,
               wherein
               Ignorance
               ,
               and
               ,
               its
               inseparable
               companion
               ,
               Impu●dence
               ,
               are
               every
               Day
               Riding
               in
               their
               Triumphant
               Chariots
               of
               Countenance
               ,
               and
               Encouragement
               ;
               
               whilest
               Pure
               ,
               Orthodoxe
               ,
               Knowledge
               
                 is
                 still
              
               Quarelled
               ,
               and
               Censured
               ;
               
                 and
                 therefore
                 is
                 fain
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 poor
              
               Pedee
               ,
               
                 to
                 stand
                 upon
                 its
                 weak
                 Guard
                 of
              
               Vindication
               .
               
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 sole
                 Ground
                 of
                 the
              
               Publication
               
                 of
                 these
              
               Ensuing
               Treati●es
               ;
               
                 for
                 that
                 some
              
               Black
               Mouths
               ,
               
                 which
                 have
                 none
                 ,
                 the
                 l●ast
                 ,
                 appearance
                 of
                 Ca●dour
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 have
                 ,
              
               Eo
               Nomine
               ,
               
                 Traduced
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 too
                 closely
                 Troden
                 upon
                 the
              
               Heels
               of
               Truth
               .
               However
               ,
               
                 the
                 observance
                 of
                 the
                 wind
                 of
                 any
              
               Mans
               Breath
               ,
               
                 though
                 never
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
                 and
              
               Poisonous
               ,
               
                 shall
                 in
                 no
                 wise
                 discourage
                 me
                 from
                 sowing
                 me
              
               Righteousness
               ;
               
                 however
                 an
                 Harvest
                 of
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 
                 yea
                 but
                 of
              
               Justice
               ,
               
                 may
                 not
                 yet
                 perhaps
                 bee
                 expected
                 by
                 mee
                 .
                 Mean
                 while
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 the
              
               Sermons
               ,
               
                 Preached
                 ,
                 sufficiently
                 justifie
              
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               
                 in
                 his
              
               Providence
               ;
               and
               God
               the
               Sonne
               
                 in
                 his
              
               Just
               Proceedings
               :
               
                 So
                 am
                 I
                 confident
                 ,
                 that
              
               Printed
               ,
               
                 they
                 will
                 vindicate
                 ,
                 the
              
               Author
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 all
              
               Sober-Minded
               Men
               ,
               
                 against
                 all
                 calumnious
              
               Aspersions
               .
               
                 So
                 that
                 ,
                 he
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 the
              
               Malevolo's
               
                 of
                 the
                 Time
                 ,
                 whilest
                 he
                 is
                 overshadowed
                 with
                 the
                 Dark
                 cloud
                 of
                 their
              
               Black
               Censure
               ,
               
                 may
                 appear
                 a
              
               Monstrous
               Bug
               bear
               ,
               
                 shall
                 (
                 not
                 unlikely
                 yet
                 )
                 in
                 these
                 poore
              
               Peices
               ,
               
                 when
                 they
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 be
                 exposed
                 to
                 the
              
               Light
               of
               Publike
               
               View
               ,
               
                 not
                 be
                 conceived
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 so
                 Dread●ul
              
               a
               shape
               .
               
                 Who
                 ,
                 what
                 ever
                 he
                 may
                 appear
                 ,
                 is
                 far
                 from
                 professing
                 himself
              
            
             
               
                 Thine
                 ,
                 longer
                 then
                 thou
                 art
                 Truths
                 ;
                 T.
                 B.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Psal.
                 147.
                 9.
                 
                 The
                 latter
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Verse
                 .
              
               
                 Aud
                 feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 ;
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               THis
               Psalm
               ,
               by
               the
               consent
               of
               all
               Interpreters
               ,
               is
               concluded
               to
               have
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Hallelujah
               for
               its
               Title
               .
               And
               (
               will
               wee
               hear
               Apollinarius
               ?
               )
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ▪
               jointly
               ,
               and
               entirely
               ,
               chanted
               out
               by
               the
               Prophets
               Zachary
               ,
               and
               
               Haggee
               ,
               at
               the
               Re-edification
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               Instauration
               of
               the
               Temple
               ;
               at
               least
               at
               their
               clear
               prevision
               ,
               and
               prediction
               ,
               of
               this
               so
               Glorious
               a
               work
               ,
               as
               either
               .
               Each
               Verse
               is
               as
               a
               fresh
               Incentive
               to
               the
               iteration
               of
               this
               Hallelujah
               ;
               and
               so
               to
               the
               perpetuation
               of
               the
               work
               of
               Gods
               praise
               ;
               every
               one
               containing
               in
               it
               a
               new
               Arg●ment
               ,
               for
               this
               Duties
               enforcement
               .
               Whereof
               this
               pregnant
               instance
               of
               his
               careful
               Providence
               ,
               for
               those
               of
               the
               Meanest
               ,
               and
               least
               of
               Dignity
               in
               his
               Family
               (
               which
               just
               reason
               we
               entertain
               for
               a
               strong
               pledge
               of
               the
               care
               ,
               he
               will
               still
               be
               sure
               to
               take
               ,
               for
               the
               preservation
               
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               and
               chosen
               ;
               yea
               their
               reparation
               out
               of
               their
               Ruines
               ,
               yea
               Dust
               ,
               they
               may
               possibly
               be
               brought
               unto
               )
               we
               have
               here
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               least
               .
               
                 And
                 feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 ,
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Text
               then
               you
               cannot
               but
               see
               what
               a
               soveraign
               Cordial
               it
               hath
               in
               it
               ,
               for
               the
               comforting
               ,
               and
               supporting
               ,
               the
               hearts
               of
               
                 Gods
                 People
              
               ,
               in
               any
               ,
               the
               greatest
               ,
               extremity
               ;
               as
               having
               in
               it
               a
               strong
               Argument
               ,
               enforcing
               his
               Political
               ,
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               his
               Oec●nomical
               ,
               Care
               ;
               not
               unlike
               that
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               using
               this
               very
               instance
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 a
                 Minori
                 
                 ad
                 Majus
              
               ,
               presseth
               upon
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               Math.
               6.
               26.
               
               
                 If
                 God
                 so
                 feed
                 the
                 Fowles
                 of
                 the
                 Ayr
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 you
                 much
                 better
                 then
                 these
                 ?
              
               Wherein
               ,
               I
               shall
               onely
               commend
               unto
               your
               Observations
               these
               two
               Generals
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     Master
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Care.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Family
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     Duty
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               The
               Master
               we
               have
               here
               pointed
               out
               unto
               us
               in
               the
               Conjunction
               [
               And
               ]
               where
               the
               Pronoun
               [
               He
               ]
               is
               to
               bee
               resumed
               .
               And
               He.
               
            
             
               His
               Care
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 word
              
               Feeding
               ;
               And
               he
               Feedeth
               .
            
             
               The
               Family
               ,
               whereof
               those
               of
               the
               lowest
               Degree
               onely
               ,
               we
               here
               meet
               with
               specified
               ,
               
               are
               
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
              
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 the
              
               Duty
               of
               these
               Servants
               ,
               
                 is
                 to
              
               Call
               upon
               this
               their
               Master
               .
               
                 A●d
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 ,
                 that
                 Call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               begin
               at
               the
               Right
               end
               ,
               with
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Family
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               you
               know
               ,
               is
               St.
               Iames
               his
               word
               ;
               
                 Every
                 Good
                 ,
                 and
                 Perfect
                 ,
                 Gift
                 is
                 from
                 Above
                 ,
                 comming
                 down
                 from
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 Lights
                 .
              
               Jam.
               1.
               17.
               
               
                 Quod
                 dat
                 Esse
                 ,
                 dat
                 conservare
                 ,
              
               is
               the
               Old
               Rule
               .
               The
               same
               Cause
               ,
               that
               gave
               us
               Being
               ,
               before
               we
               were
               ,
               provideth
               likewise
               for
               the
               Maintainance
               of
               our
               Being
               ,
               now
               we
               Are.
               Philosophy
               may
               suggest
               unto
               us
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               the
               exquisite
               Temper
               
               of
               the
               Elements
               in
               our
               Bodies
               ,
               that
               prolongeth
               our
               Dayes
               .
               Astrology
               may
               teach
               us
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               the
               happy
               Positions
               ,
               and
               Aspects
               ,
               of
               the
               Stars
               ,
               that
               make
               us
               Fortunate
               in
               our
               Designes
               .
               But
               Divinity
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               upon
               which
               all
               other
               Arts
               ,
               and
               Sciences
               (
               as
               the
               Virgins
               upon
               the
               Kings
               Daughter
               ,
               Psal.
               45.
               15.
               
               )
               are
               ,
               as
               Handmaids
               to
               attend
               ;
               informeth
               us
               ,
               of
               a
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               guideth
               ,
               and
               governeth
               ,
               all
               these
               second
               Causes
               ;
               and
               (
               with
               
               Pharaoh's
               Magicians
               ,
               Exod.
               8.
               19.
               
               )
               putteth
               us
               in
               Minde
               of
               
                 Digitus
                 Dei
              
               ;
               the
               Finger
               of
               this
               Great
               God
               ,
               that
               pointeth
               out
               unto
               
               us
               his
               powerful
               Presence
               ,
               and
               Presidence
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               all
               Events
               .
               
                 I
                 form
                 the
                 Light
                 ,
                 and
                 create
                 Darknsfs
                 ,
              
               is
               his
               owne
               word
               ,
               Esa.
               45.
               7.
               )
               As
               there
               is
               no
               Evil
               of
               punishment
               (
               for
               it
               is
               that
               Evil
               onely
               ,
               which
               ,
               without
               Blaspheming
               his
               Honour
               ,
               ●ee
               can
               father
               upon
               him
               )
               so
               much
               less
               any
               Good
               of
               recompence
               ,
               or
               reward
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               (
               yea
               so
               ,
               after
               his
               own
               Example
               ,
               speak
               I
               may
               ;
               
                 Feare
                 not
              
               Abraham
               ,
               saith
               himself
               ,
               
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 thine
                 exceeding
                 great
                 reward
                 .
                 Gen.
              
               15.
               1.
               
               )
               as
               no
               Misery
               ,
               so
               much
               less
               Mercy
               ;
               but
               hath
               its
               original
               Being
               from
               his
               Hand
               .
               If
               Iob
               ,
               in
               the
               Chaldees
               theft
               ;
               
               if
               David
               ,
               in
               
               Shemei's
               scurrilous
               language
               ;
               could
               looke
               higher
               ;
               the
               one
               then
               the
               plundering
               Fingers
               of
               the
               one
               ;
               the
               other
               ,
               then
               the
               others
               Foul
               unhallowed
               Mouth
               ;
               nay
               ,
               if
               all
               the
               Saints
               of
               God
               ,
               not
               in
               the
               Blessings
               onely
               ,
               whereof
               they
               are
               daily
               sensible
               ;
               but
               in
               all
               their
               Crosses
               and
               Calamities
               ,
               wherewith
               at
               times
               they
               are
               Afflicted
               ;
               not
               regarding
               so
               much
               subordinat
               Instruments
               ,
               have
               still
               ,
               principally
               at
               least
               ,
               had
               recourse
               unto
               this
               Hand
               ;
               how
               well
               shall
               it
               become
               us
               ,
               nay
               how
               necessary
               shall
               it
               appear
               for
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               Blessings
               ,
               and
               Benefits
               ,
               that
               are
               every
               Morning
               ,
               renewed
               upon
               us
               ,
               whether
               
               it
               be
               in
               the
               Clouds
               dropping
               Fat●
               e●s
               ;
               in
               the
               Earths
               bringing
               forth
               her
               Encrease
               ;
               in
               the
               raising
               u●
               up
               Friends
               for
               the
               sustaining
               us
               with
               daily
               bread
               ;
               to
               look
               up
               unto
               the
               Hils
               from
               whence
               commeth
               our
               Help
               ?
               And
               ,
               for
               wh●●ever
               Benefits
               ,
               or
               Blessings
               ,
               we
               may
               stand
               in
               need
               ,
               or
               be
               〈◊〉
               ,
               of
               ,
               to
               send
               up
               ,
               both
               our
               Prayers
               ,
               and
               praises
               ,
               unto
               him
               ,
               from
               whom
               they
               orig●nally
               descend
               ;
               as
               doth
               our
               Prophet
               here
               :
               
                 He
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
              
               .
            
             
               —
               
                 Labor
                 improbus
                 omnia
                 vincit
              
               ;
               that
               nothing
               is
               too
               hard
               for
               hard
               Labour
               to
               master
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               the
               position
               of
               an
               Heathen
               ,
               so
               was
               it
               a
               meer
               Heathen
               
               position
               .
               Much
               more
               of
               Divine
               Truth
               is
               there
               in
               that
               of
               that
               other
               Poet
               ,
               
                 Heu
                 nihil
                 invitis
                 ,
                 fas
                 quenquam
                 fidere
                 Divis
                 ;
              
               without
               a
               Fiat
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               no
               hope
               is
               there
               of
               the
               happy
               Accomplishment
               of
               any
               Designe
               upon
               Earth
               .
               And
               to
               this
               true
               pricked
               Note
               ,
               strange
               may
               it
               not
               seem
               to
               hear
               our
               sweet-singer
               tuning
               his
               Melodious
               voice
               in
               Consort
               ,
               Psal.
               127
               ▪
               1.
               
               
                 Except
                 the
                 Lord
                 build
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 but
                 lost
                 labour
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 build
                 it
                 .
              
               It
               is
               not
               thy
               rising
               early
               that
               can
               make
               thee
               Rich
               ;
               not
               the
               barring
               of
               thy
               Gates
               ,
               that
               can
               make
               thee
               safe
               :
               not
               a
               League
               with
               all
               the
               Elements
               
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               with
               the
               Stones
               of
               the
               street
               ,
               with
               the
               Beasts
               of
               the
               Field
               ,
               yea
               with
               Death
               ,
               and
               Hell
               it self
               ,
               that
               can
               secure
               thee
               ;
               unless
               it
               shall
               please
               the
               Lord
               to
               take
               thee
               into
               his
               Protection
               ;
               and
               to
               safe-guard
               thee
               under
               the
               shadow
               of
               his
               Wings
               .
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               beest
               thou
               Poor
               ,
               let
               thine
               eyes
               prevent
               the
               Morning-watch
               ;
               let
               all
               things
               be
               hushed
               up
               in
               the
               deep
               silence
               of
               the
               Night
               ,
               before
               thou
               betakest
               thee
               to
               repose
               :
               and
               let
               the
               Labour
               of
               thine
               Hands
               ,
               during
               all
               this
               time
               ,
               be
               altogether
               restless
               ,
               for
               the
               sustenence
               of
               thee
               ,
               and
               thy
               Family
               :
               yet
               shall
               it
               not
               please
               the
               Lord
               to
               prosper
               
               thine
               endeavours
               with
               a
               Blessing
               ,
               Wages
               maist
               thou
               earn
               ;
               but
               put
               them
               in
               a
               broken
               Bag
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               Hag.
               1.
               6.
               yea
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               followed
               with
               a
               curse
               worse
               then
               that
               of
               thy
               first
               Father
               ,
               
                 Adam
                 .
                 Gen.
              
               3.
               19.
               
               So
               that
               ●n
               the
               ex●reamest
               sweat
               of
               thy
               Brow
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               be
               able
               to
               eat
               thy
               Bread.
               If
               thou
               beest
               Rich
               ,
               manage
               thine
               Esta●e
               to
               the
               best
               advantage
               ;
               use
               all
               meanes
               possible
               for
               the
               ●nhaun●ing
               of
               thy
               Fort●nes
               ;
               though
               ●y
               even
               raking
               Hell
               for
               projects
               ,
               and
               plots
               ,
               to
               this
               purpo●e
               ;
               and
               then
               this
               no
               marva●l
               if
               it
               shall
               bee
               oftent●mes
               with
               the
               B●ne
               o●
               thy
               Brother
               ;
               the
               spoil
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               thy
               
               Spiritual
               ;
               and
               the
               Ruines
               of
               thy
               
                 Natural
                 ;
                 Mother
              
               ,
               thy
               Country
               :
               and
               now
               Fee
               all
               the
               Oracles
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               for
               the
               fast
               Rivering
               ,
               and
               Setling
               of
               whatever
               ,
               by
               Hook
               ,
               or
               Crook
               ,
               thou
               hast
               gotten
               together
               ,
               yea
               ,
               ●ake
               Physick
               ,
               when
               thou
               art
               sick
               ,
               cloaths
               ,
               when
               thou
               art
               cold
               ;
               Bread
               ,
               when
               thou
               art
               Hungry
               :
               ye●
               shall
               all
               thy
               counsel
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               
                 Achitophel
                 ,
                 2
                 Sa.
              
               15.
               31.
               
                 be
                 ●urned
                 into
                 Foolishness
              
               ;
               thy
               Ph●s●ck
               prove
               li●e
               that
               of
               As●hs
               ,
               2.
               
               
                 Chron.
                 16.
                 12.
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 preserve
                 thee
                 from
                 a
                 lingring
                 Death
                 :
              
               thy
               clothes
               like
               Davids
               in
               his
               old
               age
               ,
               1
               King.
               1.
               1.
               
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 keep
                 thee
                 warm
                 :
              
               thy
               Bread
               like
               that
               Bread
               of
               
               Deceit
               ,
               in
               the
               Wise
               man.
               Pro.
               20.
               17.
               
                 which
                 shall
                 fill
                 thy
                 mouth
                 with
                 nothing
                 but
                 Gravel
              
               ;
               unless
               it
               shall
               please
               the
               Lord
               to
               quicken
               these
               ,
               otherwise
               dead
               ,
               Meanes
               with
               a
               vertuous
               efficacy
               .
               Yea
               ,
               he
               that
               is
               
                 Agens
                 Liberrimum
              
               ,
               of
               all
               Agents
               the
               Freest
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               indulge
               ,
               or
               deny
               ,
               Life
               ,
               when
               ▪
               and
               where
               he
               pleaseth
               ,
               unto
               Means
               :
               no
               reason
               that
               wee
               distrust
               ,
               but
               that
               without
               meanes
               ,
               above
               meanes
               ,
               against
               means
               ,
               he
               is
               able
               to
               provide
               for
               us
               .
               without
               means
               ,
               
                 He
                 giveth
                 light
                 the
                 three
                 first
                 Dayes
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               1.
               2.
               
               And
               causeth
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               Plants
               ,
               to
               Grow
               ,
               
                 without
                 Rain
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               2.
               16.
               notwithstanding
               
               that
               either
               of
               these
               are
               the
               ordinary
               means
               of
               eithers
               production
               .
               Above
               meanes
               ;
               
                 Hee
                 maketh
                 a
                 little
                 Meal
                 ,
                 and
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 to
                 sustain
                 the
                 Widow
                 and
                 the
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 ,
                 1
                 King.
              
               17.
               
               And
               the
               Brighthess
               of
               his
               Fathers
               Glory
               
                 Feedeth
                 no
                 less
                 then
                 Five
                 thousand
                 Persons
                 ,
                 with
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 five
                 Loaves
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 Fishes
                 ,
                 Matt●
                 .
              
               14.
               
               Against
               meanes
               ;
               
                 The
                 Israelites
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 stung
                 with
                 Fiery
                 Serpents
              
               (
               notwithstanding
               that
               the
               sight
               of
               Brass
               is
               naturally
               present
               death
               unto
               such
               ,
               as
               some
               of
               the
               learned
               Rabbius
               have
               observed
               )
               
                 are
                 yet
                 healed
                 by
                 the
                 bare
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Brazen
                 Serpents
                 ,
                 Num.
              
               21.
               
               
               And
               Spittle
               ,
               and
               Clay
               ,
               things
               ,
               in
               themselves
               likely
               to
               put
               out
               the
               Eyes
               of
               him
               that
               seeth
               ,
               are
               yet
               by
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               used
               ,
               as
               a
               meanes
               ,
               for
               the
               Cure
               of
               the
               Man
               ▪
               
                 that
                 is
                 born
                 blinde
                 ,
                 Ioh.
              
               9.
               
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               just
               reason
               may
               this
               same
               Saviour
               of
               ours
               seem
               to
               have
               for
               ●is
               Answer
               to
               the
               Devil
               ,
               when
               ,
               〈◊〉
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               his
               Hu●●er
               ,
               in
               his
               extreme
               necessi●y
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               perswade●
               him
               
                 to
                 make
                 Bread
                 of
                 stones
                 ,
                 Mat●h
                 4.
                 
                 Man
                 liveth
                 not
                 by
                 Bread
                 onely
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 every
                 Word
                 ,
                 that
                 proc●●●eth
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 God.
              
               Yea
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               our
               Prophet
               here
               ,
               for
               the
               entituling
               of
               the
               Lord
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               
                 young
                 Ravens
              
               ,
               
               when
               their
               Parents
               ,
               which
               should
               ,
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               afford
               them
               sustenance
               ,
               desert
               them
               .
               
                 And
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
              
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               as
               the
               Philosopher
               ,
               by
               his
               immoderate
               disswasion
               of
               the
               fear
               of
               death
               ,
               occasioned
               some
               preposterou●ly
               ,
               and
               prematurely
               ,
               to
               cast
               away
               their
               lives
               :
               and
               ,
               as
               some
               unskilful
               Physitians
               ,
               whilst
               they
               labor
               to
               comfort
               the
               stomack
               ,
               not
               seldome
               enflame
               the
               Liver
               :
               I
               would
               not
               willingly
               have
               any
               so
               farre
               misconstrue
               me
               ,
               as
               to
               conceive
               that
               ,
               whilst
               I
               minde
               you
               of
               a
               necessity
               of
               Gods
               Blessing
               upon
               your
               endeavours
               ,
               I
               would
               work
               in
               you
               
               a
               careles
               neglect
               of
               the
               means
               ;
               as
               if
               his
               providence
               were
               a
               sufficient
               warrant
               to
               make
               you
               improvident
               :
               or
               his
               working
               in
               your
               Actions
               a
               protection
               for
               your
               Oscitancy
               ,
               and
               Idlenes
               .
               What
               Metellus
               sometimes
               spake
               of
               his
               
                 many
                 False
                 Gods
              
               ,
               of
               our
               onely
               
                 True
                 God
              
               is
               most
               sure
               ,
               and
               certain
               :
               
                 I
                 isdem
                 Deos
                 Propitios
                 esse
                 aequum
                 est
                 ,
                 qui
                 fibi
                 non
                 snnt
                 Inimici
                 :
                 He
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 Friend
                 to
                 those
                 onely
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 Enemies
                 to
                 themselves
                 .
              
               That
               general
               resolution
               of
               the
               Spartans
               therefore
               just
               reason
               that
               every
               one
               of
               us
               ,
               in
               our
               several
               Stations
               ,
               take
               up
               ;
               
                 Admotam
                 manu
                 Fortunam
                 invocare
              
               :
               first
               to
               pray
               to
               God
               for
               a
               Blessing
               
               upon
               our
               Designes
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               use
               the
               Meanes
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               appointed
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
               And
               as
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               
                 do
                 the
                 Work
                 with
                 one
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 the
                 Sword
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 whilest
                 they
                 are
                 Repairing
                 the
                 Temple
                 ,
                 Neh.
              
               4.
               18.
               with
               one
               of
               our
               Hands
               still
               are
               we
               to
               be
               conversant
               about
               the
               workes
               of
               our
               Calling
               ;
               whilest
               with
               the
               other
               ,
               we
               are
               lifting
               up
               the
               Sword
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               for
               a
               Blessing
               upon
               these
               workes
               of
               ours
               .
               Naaman
               is
               assured
               ,
               by
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               be
               cured
               of
               his
               Leprosie
               ;
               yet
               must
               he
               go
               ,
               
                 and
                 wash
                 in
              
               Jordan
               
                 seven
                 times
              
               2.
               
               
                 Kin.
                 5.
                 
                 Hez●kiah
              
               that
               hee
               shall
               recover
               of
               his
               sickness
               ;
               
               yet
               
                 must
                 hee
                 apply
                 a
                 Bunch
                 of
                 Figs
                 to
                 his
                 s●re
                 ,
                 ●●a
                 .
                 38.
                 
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               that
               hee
               shall
               come
               〈◊〉
               to
               Rome
               ;
               but
               then
               may
               not
               any
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               are
               embarqued
               ,
               in
               a
               fancied
               hope
               of
               safety
               ,
               
                 forsake
                 the
                 Ship
              
               ,
               Act.
               27.
               
               The
               summe
               is
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               not
               to
               lye
               sullen
               in
               a
               Ditch
               ,
               looking
               to
               be
               drawn
               out
               by
               others
               :
               not
               so
               carelesly
               ,
               and
               retchlesly
               ,
               to
               cast
               our
               Care
               upon
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               neglect
               the
               Meanes
               ,
               which
               hee
               hath
               appointed
               :
               so
               are
               we
               neither
               to
               be
               such
               Idolaters
               of
               second-Causes
               ,
               as
               to
               kiss
               our
               owne
               Hands
               ;
               to
               sacrifice
               to
               our
               own
               Nets
               ;
               no●
               to
               make
               our
               own
               Counsels
               ,
               or
               Endeavours
               ,
               
               the
               sole
               Ground
               of
               our
               Confidence
               ;
               which
               ,
               without
               a
               Blessing
               from
               the
               Highest
               ,
               cannot
               in
               the
               least
               measure
               avail
               us
               .
               But
               ,
               as
               they
               say
               o●
               Quail●
               ,
               that
               ,
               whilest
               one
               of
               their
               Wings
               may
               perhaps
               be
               a
               little
               drenched
               in
               the
               Sea
               ,
               the
               other
               still
               beareth
               up
               towards
               Heaven
               :
               whilest
               one
               of
               our
               Hands
               is
               solici●ously
               intent
               upon
               the
               workes
               of
               our
               Vocation
               ,
               still
               is
               the
               other
               to
               be
               l●●ted
               up
               to
               Heaven
               for
               a
               Benediction
               ;
               that
               we
               have
               such
               respect
               unto
               second
               Causes
               ,
               that
               st●ll
               we
               remember
               ,
               that
               the
               due
               ordering
               ,
               and
               disposing
               ,
               them
               commeth
               from
               the
               First
               ,
               that
               is
               here
               emidently
               said
               to
               
                 Feed
                 the
                 
                 young
                 Ravens
                 ,
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               seal
               up
               this
               point
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               look
               how
               some
               exquisite
               picture
               of
               a
               Dear
               Friend
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               left
               with
               us
               ,
               still
               ,
               upon
               sight
               thereof
               ,
               reneweth
               in
               us
               the
               Memory
               of
               him
               that
               left
               it
               :
               in
               like
               manner
               ought
               every
               Blessing
               ,
               wee
               expect
               ,
               or
               enjoy
               (
               
                 Iupiter
                 est
                 quodcunque
                 vides
              
               —
               as
               in
               every
               of
               these
               clearly
               may
               wee
               discerne
               the
               Lineaments
               of
               such
               a
               picture
               )
               still
               minde
               us
               (
               as
               the
               Romish
               Church
               pretendeth
               to
               use
               her
               pictures
               )
               of
               praising
               that
               God
               ,
               and
               praying
               unto
               him
               ,
               whose
               pictures
               they
               are
               .
               '
               Ex
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               let
               God
               still
               have
               the
               
               first
               place
               in
               our
               Thoughts
               ;
               yea
               ,
               let
               him
               still
               ,
               by
               us
               ,
               be
               acknowledged
               ,
               what
               he
               proclaimeth
               himself
               to
               be
               ,
               Apoc.
               1.
               8.
               
               A
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               the
               Sea
               ,
               from
               which
               the
               Source
               of
               all
               Blessings
               is
               originally
               derived
               upon
               us
               ;
               and
               unto
               whom
               therefore
               the
               Rivolets
               of
               our
               praise
               are
               Finally
               to
               return
               .
            
             
               
                 Laboret
                 Superbus
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 M.
                 Aurelius
              
               ,
               in
               an
               Epistle
               of
               his
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Sicily
               ;
               Let
               the
               Proud
               ,
               and
               Envious
               ,
               travail
               as
               much
               as
               they
               will
               ;
               and
               the
               Ambitious
               sore
               as
               high
               as
               he
               can
               ;
               yet
               of
               little
               avail
               will
               all
               
                 Humane
                 Diligence
              
               at
               last
               appear
               ,
               without
               
                 Divine
                 Assistance
              
               .
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               finde
               wee
               
               our
               Garners
               stored
               with
               plenty
               ?
               Our
               Bags
               stuffed
               with
               Coin
               ?
               Our
               Tables
               served
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               varieties
               ?
               And
               all
               things
               succeeding
               according
               to
               our
               h●arts
               desires
               ?
               Shall
               we
               now
               say
               as
               
                 N●buchadnezzar
                 ,
                 Dan.
                 4.
                 30.
                 
                 Are
                 not
                 these
                 the
                 great
                 Babels
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 built
                 with
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 mine
                 own
                 Arm
                 ?
              
               No
               ,
               rather
               as
               good
               old
               Iacob
               ,
               Gen.
               32.
               10.
               
               (
               a
               consideration
               the
               new
               upstarts
               of
               our
               times
               you
               may
               observe
               studiously
               to
               banish
               their
               Memories
               )
               in
               Humility
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               acknowledge
               wee
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               worthy
               the
               least
               of
               thy
               Mercies
               ;
               with
               my
               st●ffe
               ,
               the
               staffe
               of
               a
               Despicable
               Fortune
               ,
               came
               
               I
               over
               this
               Jordan
               ;
               from
               this
               or
               that
               mean
               Beginning
               ;
               and
               now
               I
               am
               become
               two
               Bands
               ;
               I
               am
               arrived
               to
               this
               higth
               of
               condition
               .
               Disclaim
               we
               whatever
               Power
               ,
               or
               Efficacy
               ,
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               may
               assume
               to
               it self
               ;
               and
               ascribe
               we
               unto
               God
               the
               Glory
               of
               what
               ever
               Blessings
               we
               enjoy
               ;
               
                 Non
                 nobis
                 ,
                 Domine
                 ,
                 non
                 nobis
                 ;
                 Not
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 not
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 unto
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 give
                 the
                 Praise
                 .
              
               The
               same
               (
               He
               )
               is
               the
               God
               ,
               from
               whom
               commeth
               salvation
               ,
               Psal.
               68.
               20.
               
               The
               same
               (
               He
               )
               that
               buildeth
               his
               stories
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ;
               that
               hath
               founded
               his
               Troops
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               calleth
               for
               the
               waters
               of
               the
               
               Sea
               ,
               and
               powreth
               them
               out
               upon
               the
               Face
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               Amos
               9.
               6.
               that
               here
               
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 ,
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
              
            
             
               Which
               fi●ly
               bringeth
               mee
               from
               the
               contemplation
               of
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               great
               Master
               (
               He
               )
               unto
               the
               Care
               of
               his
               Family
               ;
               which
               wee
               have
               in
               the
               word
               
                 Feeding
                 .
                 He
                 feedeth
              
               .
            
             
               That
               ,
               which
               Philosophy
               determineth
               to
               be
               the
               Place
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               that
               Divinity
               would
               would
               have
               to
               be
               the
               Center
               forou●
               Desires
               to
               rest
               in
               ;
               the
               Middle
               ,
               and
               Mean
               betwixt
               two
               Extremes
               .
               
                 Tutius
                 v●ves
              
               —
               is
               the
               Lyriques
               sage
               Note
               ,
               and
               Caution
               ,
               to
               his
               Licinius
               :
               
               
                 
                   Best
                   live
                   we
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   launch
                   not
                   into
                   th'
                   Deep
                   ;
                
                 
                   Nor
                   to
                   the
                   Shore
                   too
                   closely
                   d●
                   we
                   keep
                   .
                
              
               
                 Neque
                 Nimis
                 ,
                 neque
                 nihil
              
               ;
               He
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               neither
               lift
               up
               with
               Abundance
               ,
               nor
               pressed
               down
               with
               Want
               ,
               without
               all
               question
               ,
               liveth
               in
               the
               best
               Estate
               .
               Abundance
               is
               the
               Mother
               of
               Presumption
               ;
               Want
               of
               Despair
               .
               Abundance
               of
               Envy
               ,
               want
               of
               Contempt
               .
               Abundance
               of
               prodigal
               Licentiousness
               ,
               want
               of
               excessive
               Carfulness
               .
               Abundance
               of
               Apostacy
               from
               God
               ,
               want
               of
               taking
               Gods
               Name
               in
               vain
               ;
               as
               the
               Prophet
               Agur
               elegantly
               ,
               Prov.
               30.
               9.
               
               Looke
               wee
               but
               into
               the
               exteriour
               
               Cloister
               of
               Nature
               ,
               for
               Natural
               subsistences
               ;
               and
               there
               shal
               we
               finde
               Plants
               ,
               if
               too
               Little
               ,
               or
               too
               Much
               ,
               watered
               ,
               to
               Die
               ;
               if
               Indifferently
               ,
               to
               Thrive
               ,
               and
               Pr●sper
               .
               Listen
               wee
               to
               the
               great
               Ethique
               Master
               for
               Morals
               ,
               and
               hee
               will
               tell
               us
               :
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               that
               Excess
               is
               incident
               to
               Transgression
               ;
               Defect
               to
               Prevarication
               ;
               Medioc●ity
               the
               onely
               Conduit-pipe
               of
               true
               Comfort
               and
               Contentation
               .
               To
               silence
               many
               things
               ,
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               might
               be
               heaped
               up
               ,
               send
               we
               but
               our
               Eys
               ,
               and
               Ears
               ,
               to
               the
               Experience
               ,
               whether
               of
               our selves
               ,
               or
               others
               ;
               and
               how
               
               true
               shall
               we
               prove
               of
               all
               ,
               for
               the
               general
               ,
               what
               Germanicus
               ,
               in
               Tacitus
               ,
               sometimes
               spake
               of
               the
               
                 Chatti
                 :
                 Pavidi
                 adversis
                 ,
                 inter
                 secundas
                 ,
                 non
                 Divini
                 ,
                 n●n
                 Humani
                 ,
                 juris
                 Memores
                 ?
              
               That
               in
               Adversity
               they
               are
               Fearful
               ;
               in
               Prosperity
               unmindeful
               of
               the
               Laws
               ,
               both
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Man
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               let
               me
               but
               appeal
               to
               the
               consciences
               of
               you
               ,
               that
               have
               too
               Little
               (
               as
               you
               are
               too
               prone
               uncessantly
               to
               cōplain
               )
               whether
               the
               immoderate
               Care
               of
               compassing
               of
               the
               things
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               drive
               you
               not
               sometimes
               to
               take
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               think
               of
               ,
               sinister
               ,
               and
               indirect
               projects
               ,
               and
               practices
               :
               of
               you
               ,
               that
               have
               more
               then
               enough
               
               your selves
               (
               a
               proportion
               yet
               ,
               few
               will
               be
               drawn
               to
               acknowledge
               ;
               scarce
               one
               of
               a
               thousand
               can
               speak
               this
               language
               of
               Canaan
               )
               whether
               the
               care
               of
               Disposing
               of
               what
               you
               have
               gotten
               ,
               Distract
               you
               not
               as
               much
               as
               the
               other
               care
               of
               Getting
               ;
               whether
               an
               Extremity
               ,
               of
               either
               side
               ,
               withdraw
               you
               not
               equally
               from
               the
               ser●
               vice
               of
               God.
               And
               yet
               ,
               how
               true
               appeareth
               it
               of
               more
               then
               a
               good
               many
               of
               us
               ,
               that
               which
               the
               Satyrist
               sometimes
               spake
               of
               the
               
                 Romans
                 :
                 Prima
                 fere
                 vota
              
               —
               
                 
                   The
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   that
                   ,
                   most
                   frequently
                   resound
                
                 
                   Within
                   our
                   Temples
                   ,
                   are
                   that
                   
                   wealth
                   abound
                   ?
                
              
               We
               enlarge
               our
               Desires
               ,
               like
               Hell
               ;
               like
               the
               Grave
               ,
               we
               are
               never
               satisfied
               :
               nothing
               within
               the
               Orbicular
               compass
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               can
               fill
               up
               the
               Dimensions
               of
               our
               Triangular
               hearts
               .
               Some
               are
               covetous
               Spend-thrifts
               ;
               some
               are
               covetous
               Hold
               fasts
               .
               Some
               desire
               Abundance
               of
               this
               Worlds
               Goods
               ,
               meerly
               to
               Hoord
               it
               up
               ;
               dealing
               with
               their
               Mammon
               ,
               as
               the
               two
               Giants
               sometime
               with
               Mars
               ;
               first
               ,
               they
               lock
               it
               fast
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               worship
               it
               .
               Others
               hearts
               earn
               after
               ,
               Superfluity
               ,
               either
               to
               Riot
               it
               in
               Excess
               ,
               and
               Surquedry
               ;
               to
               Rusfle
               it
               in
               Bravery
               ;
               to
               Lavish
               
               it
               out
               profusely
               upon
               their
               Minions
               ,
               and
               Servants
               ;
               the
               most
               Politique
               ,
               for
               the
               purchase
               of
               what
               ever
               Accursed
               things
               .
               And
               so
               as
               David
               used
               Murther
               for
               a
               Pander
               to
               his
               Adultery
               :
               these
               make
               their
               Covetise
               a
               Broker
               for
               their
               Prodigality
               ,
               yea
               all
               manner
               of
               Villany
               .
               
                 
                   —
                   O
                   Prodiga
                   rer
                   um
                
                 
                   Luxuries
                   ,
                   nunquam
                   Parvo
                   contenta
                   —
                
                 
                   O
                   that
                   of
                   our
                   Dayes
                   Prodigal
                   Luxury
                   !
                
                 
                   Which
                   Natures
                   Little
                   cannot
                   satisfie
                   !
                
              
               
                 Quomodo
                 concedet
                 ,
                 quae
                 Rogas
                 ,
                 quae
                 ,
                 si
                 habeas
                 ,
                 jubet
                 ut
                 contemnas
                 ?
              
               is
               a
               seasonable
               Contemplation
               
               of
               St.
               Chrysostome
               ,
               by
               the
               way
               :
               
                 How
                 thinkest
                 tho●
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 God
                 shall
                 hear
                 thee
                 ,
                 when
                 thou
                 prayest
                 for
                 Superfluity
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 when
                 thou
                 shalt
                 have
                 it
                 in
                 thy
                 possession
                 ,
                 hee
                 wisheth
                 thee
                 to
                 contemn
                 ?
              
               How
               shall
               it
               stand
               with
               his
               Honour
               to
               gratifie
               thee
               with
               those
               things
               ,
               in
               the
               use
               whereof
               he
               knoweth
               that
               thou
               wilt
               Dishonour
               him
               ?
               The
               Egyptians
               ,
               that
               ,
               like
               Tongue-less
               men
               (
               the
               sad
               Fate
               of
               many
               a
               true
               Israelite
               ,
               yea
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               in
               these
               Dayes
               of
               ours
               )
               delivered
               all
               by
               signes
               ,
               whi●h
               they
               termed
               Hieroglyphiques
               ,
               were
               wont
               to
               clap
               a
               Bushel
               upon
               the
               head
               of
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               to
               intimate
               the
               
               measure
               ,
               that
               even
               in
               the
               best
               things
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               ,
               in
               that
               his
               Absolute
               Form
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               dictated
               to
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               prescribeth
               the
               utmost
               Bounds
               ,
               our
               Desires
               are
               in
               no
               wise
               to
               exceed
               ;
               
                 Give
                 us
                 this
                 Day
                 our
                 daily
                 bread
                 ,
                 Luk.
              
               11.
               3.
               
               Certainly
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               8.
               just
               reason
               we
               entertain
               for
               a
               Liberal
               gloss
               upon
               that
               our
               Saviours
               Text
               ;
               
                 Having
                 Food
                 ,
                 and
                 Raiment
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 therewith
                 bee
                 content
                 .
              
               Certainly
               ,
               a
               soul
               seasoned
               with
               the
               least
               moderation
               ,
               cannot
               but
               highly
               approve
               of
               that
               Dimensum
               ,
               cut
               out
               by
               the
               Poet
               ,
               as
               a
               very
               fair
               one
               :
               
               
                 
                   Si
                   Ventri
                   bene
                   ,
                   si
                   Latere
                   ,
                   Pedibus
                   que
                   tuis
                   ,
                   nil
                
                 
                   Divitiae
                   poterunt
                   Regales
                   addere
                   majus
                   :
                
                 
                   If
                   Belly
                   ,
                   Sides
                   ,
                   and
                   Feet
                   ,
                   be
                   well
                   at
                   ●ase
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Princes
                   Treasure
                   cannot
                   better
                   please
                   .
                
              
               Apuleius
               his
               advise
               ,
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               is
               no
               less
               Elegant
               ,
               then
               Apposite
               ;
               
                 Fortunam
                 velut
                 Tunicam
                 proba
                 ▪
                 magis
                 Concinnam
                 ,
                 quam
                 Longam
              
               ;
               Conceive
               of
               thy
               Fortune
               as
               of
               thy
               Coat
               ;
               which
               is
               then
               best
               made
               up
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               rather
               Decent
               ,
               for
               the
               fitting
               of
               thy
               Body
               ,
               then
               over-long
               ,
               for
               the
               fettering
               of
               thine
               Heels
               .
               And
               that
               wel-tempered
               Affection
               of
               that
               
               other
               Heathen
               ,
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               may
               well
               serve
               to
               prescribe
               to
               the
               best
               Christians
               imitation
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
                 
                   Enamour'd
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   of
                   spacious
                   Fie●ds
                   ,
                
                 
                   Nothing
                   too
                   much
                   to
                   me
                   much
                   comfort
                   yeilds
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               whole
               scope
               of
               that
               our
               Saviours
               Parable
               of
               the
               Rich
               Cormorant
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               whose
               preproperous
               jewelling
               of
               the
               Fruits
               of
               his
               field
               ,
               and
               so
               reckoning
               without
               his
               Host
               ,
               as
               wee
               say
               ,
               is
               met
               with
               by
               a
               sharp
               counterblast
               from
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               is
               but
               Emblematically
               to
               demonstrate
               (
               as
               you
               may
               see
               )
               that
               Mans
               Lise
               
               consisteth
               not
               in
               the
               Abundance
               of
               those
               things
               ,
               he
               possesseth
               ,
               Luke
               12.
               15.
               
               Alas
               ,
               my
               Beloved
               !
               shall
               wee
               measure
               our
               Happiness
               meerly
               by
               those
               things
               ,
               that
               are
               before
               us
               ,
               how
               much
               wiser
               shall
               we
               approve
               our
               selvs
               then
               country
               people
               ,
               at
               a
               Puppet-play
               ;
               which
               stand
               gazing
               ,
               with
               Admiration
               ,
               upon
               the
               strange
               Motion
               of
               the
               Puppets
               ;
               but
               never
               think
               of
               the
               man
               ,
               that
               moveth
               them
               from
               within
               the
               Engine
               ?
               And
               so
               (
               as
               our
               Prophet
               of
               the
               Proud
               ,
               
                 Psal
                 ▪
              
               10.
               4.
               )
               God
               ,
               upon
               the
               Result
               ,
               is
               not
               ,
               all
               this
               while
               ,
               in
               our
               Thoughts
               ?
               who
               yet
               onely
               is
               that
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               giveth
               Energy
               ,
               and
               Efficacy
               ,
               unto
               
               whatever
               Blessings
               we
               enjoy
               ?
               That
               word
               of
               the
               Philosopher
               ,
               in
               this
               sence
               ,
               therefore
               may
               justly
               challenge
               our
               best
               Attention
               ,
               and
               consideration
               ;
               
                 Ingredimini
                 ;
                 sunt
                 hic
                 quoque
                 Dii
              
               ;
               in
               every
               of
               the
               Blessings
               ,
               we
               are
               daily
               sensible
               of
               ,
               our
               parts
               it
               shall
               be
               still
               to
               contemplate
               his
               Power
               ,
               and
               Goodness
               ;
               for
               that
               in
               every
               of
               these
               it
               is
               easie
               to
               discern
               the
               God.
               head
               .
               Christ
               ,
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               is
               termed
               the
               
                 Fulness
                 of
                 him
                 that
                 filleth
                 All
                 in
                 All
                 ,
                 Ephes.
              
               1.
               23.
               
               So
               that
               then
               he
               that
               filleth
               All
               in
               All
               ▪
               and
               of
               whose
               Fulness
               Christ
               himself
               receiveth
               ,
               is
               onely
               God.
               He
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               can
               ,
               as
               make
               Daniel
               look
               
               Fuller
               ,
               and
               Fairer
               ,
               with
               Pulse
               ,
               and
               Water
               ,
               then
               all
               the
               Children
               ,
               that
               eate
               of
               the
               Kings
               Meat
               ,
               and
               Drink
               of
               his
               Wine
               ,
               Dan.
               1.
               15.
               so
               send
               an
               Atrophy
               with
               the
               choisest
               Viands
               :
               as
               he
               sometimes
               dealt
               with
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               
                 Psal.
                 106.
                 15.
                 
                 He
                 gave
                 them
                 their
                 Desires
              
               (
               saith
               our
               
                 Prophet
                 )
                 but
                 sent
                 leanness
                 withall
                 into
                 their
                 soules
                 .
              
               For
               mine
               own
               part
               (
               as
               I
               have
               just
               reason
               )
               I
               shal
               for
               ever
               publish
               ,
               and
               proclaim
               ,
               unto
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               saw
               Gods
               Providence
               so
               cleerly
               ,
               as
               since
               the
               time
               I
               have
               seen
               least
               of
               my
               visible
               ,
               &
               Legal
               ,
               Means
               .
               At
               least
               ,
               that
               he
               h●th
               raised
               me
               up
               such
               Meanes
               ,
               as
               I
               had
               never
               the
               
               least
               reason
               to
               hope
               for
               .
               Yea
               ,
               since
               my
               Afflictions
               hath
               wrought
               in
               me
               some
               weak
               Desires
               (
               let
               me
               be
               interpreted
               ,
               as
               God
               knoweth
               ,
               I
               speak
               ,
               without
               ostentation
               )
               to
               please
               him
               ,
               I
               have
               found
               some
               ,
               that
               formerly
               have
               been
               mine
               enraged
               Enemies
               ,
               not
               to
               bee
               at
               Peace
               onely
               with
               mee
               ;
               but
               to
               have
               abounded
               in
               pregnant
               symboles
               of
               fast
               Friendship
               towards
               me
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               as
               we
               finde
               the
               case
               to
               stand
               with
               Ioseph
               ;
               the
               bright
               Appearance
               of
               Gods
               Providence
               in
               his
               Eye
               so
               darkeneth
               the
               sight
               of
               his
               Brethrens
               Malitious
               practises
               ,
               as
               doth
               the
               Sun
               that
               of
               the
               Lesser
               Stars
               ,
               that
               now
               ,
               in
               conclusion
               ,
               he
               
               telleth
               them
               ;
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 sent
                 me
                 hither
                 ,
                 but
                 God
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               45.
               8.
               
               Gods
               Hand
               ,
               in
               the
               working
               of
               second
               Causes
               (
               as
               Ezechiels
               Hand
               from
               under
               the
               wings
               of
               the
               Cherubims
               ,
               Ezech
               .
               1.
               8.
               
               )
               ought
               still
               so
               conspicuously
               ,
               upon
               all
               Emergencies
               ,
               to
               appear
               unto
               us
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               then
               still
               appear
               least
               in
               sight
               .
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               as
               Samuel
               ,
               having
               received
               a
               Commission
               from
               the
               Lord
               ,
               for
               the
               Anointing
               one
               of
               
               Iesse's
               ●ons
               King
               over
               his
               People
               ,
               and
               ,
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               not
               a
               little
               ,
               perplexed
               about
               the
               choise
               of
               the
               Person
               ,
               hath
               David
               at
               last
               pointed
               out
               unto
               him
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               16.
               12.
               in
               the
               perusal
               of
               the
               Range
               ,
               and
               Series
               ,
               
               of
               all
               second
               Causes
               ,
               our
               parts
               it
               shall
               bee
               still
               signally
               to
               print
               ,
               and
               pitch
               ,
               upon
               this
               [
               He
               ]
               as
               the
               Great
               ,
               wheel
               that
               setteth
               those
               Lesser
               a
               work
               ;
               and
               here
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Eminence
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               
                 Feed
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
              
               .
            
             
               Which
               fitly
               bringeth
               mee
               from
               the
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Master
               ,
               and
               his
               Care
               ;
               unto
               that
               of
               those
               of
               the
               Meanest
               quality
               in
               the
               Family
               ,
               the
               young
               Ravens
               .
               
                 And
                 ●eedeth
                 the
                 yo●ng
                 Ravens
              
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               our
               Prophets
               word
               of
               the
               Great
               Master
               of
               this
               his
               Numerous
               Family
               of
               the
               world
               .
               
                 Psal.
                 104.
                 28.
                 
                 He
                 openeth
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 filleth
                 all
                 
                 things
                 living
                 with
                 plenteousness
                 .
              
               So
               Hospital
               ,
               and
               Magnificent
               ,
               is
               he
               ,
               that
               he
               shutteth
               not
               up
               his
               Gates
               against
               Rich
               ,
               or
               Poor
               ;
               but
               keepeth
               open
               House
               to
               all
               commers
               .
               And
               this
               if
               he
               appear
               careful
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               Dogs
               bee
               not
               bar'd
               their
               crumbs
               ,
               as
               the
               Canaanitish
               woman
               sometimes
               ,
               in
               that
               her
               Pathetical
               Debate
               with
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               Matth.
               15.
               27.
               will
               hee
               not
               much
               more
               (
               thinke
               wee
               )
               carefully
               provide
               ,
               that
               the
               children
               be
               accommodated
               with
               the
               portions
               of
               Olive
               branches
               ?
               And
               ,
               (
               as
               this
               Master
               himself
               to
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               instancing
               in
               these
               very
               Ravens
               ,
               in
               the
               Text
               here
               
               specified
               ,
               Luk.
               12.
               24.
               
               )
               if
               he
               
                 Feed
                 them
              
               ,
               what
               just
               reason
               wee
               account
               our selves
               of
               an
               higher
               Estimate
               with
               him
               then
               they
               ?
               St.
               Chrysost●m
               hath
               observed
               of
               the
               Raven
               ,
               that
               ,
               of
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               she
               is
               Notoriously
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               void
               of
               Natural
               Affection
               ;
               as
               leaving
               her
               young
               ones
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               are
               Hatched
               ;
               neglecting
               in
               the
               least
               measure
               to
               provide
               for
               their
               sustenance
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               well
               might
               the
               same
               Father
               magnifie
               Gods
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               Loving
               kindeness
               ,
               towards
               Elijah
               ,
               as
               Miraculous
               ,
               1
               King.
               17.
               6.
               that
               he
               should
               
                 Feed
                 him
                 by
                 Ravens
              
               ;
               Creatures
               ,
               Naturally
               so
               unnatural
               ,
               that
               they
               neglect
               
               to
               
                 Feed
                 their
                 own
                 young
              
               .
               And
               that
               therefore
               this
               Great
               Master
               ,
               for
               the
               supply
               of
               their
               negligence
               of
               Parental
               Care
               ,
               
                 Feedeth
                 them
              
               ;
               either
               with
               certain
               little
               Flies
               ,
               as
               the
               above-praised
               Chrysostome
               ,
               or
               as
               Cassiodore
               ,
               with
               the
               Dew
               of
               Heaven
               .
               St.
               Gregory
               layeth
               down
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               withall
               giveth
               the
               Reason
               ,
               of
               this
               the
               Ravens
               unnatural
               Deportment
               towards
               their
               young
               :
               for
               that
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               as
               long
               as
               they
               are
               but
               covered
               with
               their
               skin
               ,
               or
               but
               spoon
               feathered
               ,
               they
               are
               yet
               of
               a
               diverse
               colour
               from
               themselves
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               having
               hitherto
               no
               Appearance
               but
               of
               a
               Bastard
               Brood
               ,
               hee
               would
               have
               
               them
               to
               be
               the
               less
               Faulty
               ,
               shal
               they
               all
               this
               while
               prove
               Remiss
               in
               providing
               for
               them
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               ,
               which
               hee
               would
               have
               ,
               not
               obscurely
               ,
               intimated
               by
               the
               picture
               of
               Patience
               ,
               38.
               of
               his
               Booke
               41.
               
               
                 Who
                 provideth
                 for
                 the
                 Raven
                 his
                 Food
                 ,
                 when
                 their
                 young
                 ones
                 cry
                 unto
                 God
                 ?
                 they
                 wander
                 ,
                 for
                 lack
                 of
                 Meat
                 .
              
               A
               lively
               Emblem
               of
               the
               Black
               Prince
               of
               Darkness
               ,
               and
               his
               Proselytes
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               countenance
               ,
               or
               encourage
               ,
               any
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               they
               have
               about
               them
               the
               white
               of
               Innocence
               ;
               untill
               they
               see
               upon
               them
               a
               Deep
               Tincture
               of
               their
               own
               Native
               Blackness
               .
               Nay
               ,
               shall
               any
               appear
               but
               of
               
               grisled
               Hew
               ,
               but
               Neutrally
               affected
               towards
               the
               
                 Gude
                 Cause
              
               ;
               and
               
                 come
                 not
                 out
                 to
                 help
                 the
                 Lord
                 against
                 the
                 Mighty
              
               ;
               as
               ,
               for
               a
               long
               time
               they
               have
               had
               ;
               so
               have
               they
               still
               ,
               a
               
                 Curse
                 ye
                 Me●oz
              
               in
               store
               ,
               to
               be
               Thundered
               out
               against
               them
               .
               If
               the
               Daughter
               shall
               not
               appear
               ,
               in
               every
               Lineament
               to
               resemble
               the
               Mother
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Ezek.
               16.
               44.
               shee
               shall
               utterly
               be
               disclaimed
               by
               her
               for
               her
               Daughter
               .
               But
               ,
               when
               there
               shall
               be
               like
               People
               ,
               like
               Priest
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Hos.
               4.
               9.
               when
               both
               shall
               consort
               in
               a
               cursed
               Harmony
               to
               bring
               in
               Anarchy
               ,
               and
               Confusion
               ,
               into
               a
               Church
               ,
               and
               State
               ;
               this
               Damnable
               Sympathy
               shal
               
               so
               unite
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               that
               the
               Lame
               shall
               so
               far
               Direct
               the
               Blinde
               ,
               and
               the
               Blinde
               support
               the
               Lame
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               it
               may
               be
               Feared
               ,
               or
               Hoped
               for
               rather
               ,
               that
               both
               may
               fall
               into
               the
               Pit
               of
               Destruction
               .
               Nor
               may
               it
               escape
               us
               without
               special
               observation
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               young
               onely
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               old
               over-grown
               ,
               Ravens
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               here
               said
               thus
               Emphatically
               to
               Feed
               .
               Those
               old
               Birds
               of
               Rapine
               ,
               that
               are
               perfect
               in
               the
               Trade
               of
               Preying
               for
               themselves
               ;
               that
               make
               no
               Distinction
               of
               the
               Flesh
               of
               Men
               ,
               of
               Wormes
               ,
               of
               Flyes
               ,
               of
               Fruits
               ,
               of
               Seeds
               (
               as
               the
               Naturallists
               observe
               of
               these
               Birds
               )
               but
               
               pel-mell
               flye
               at
               all
               ,
               whatever
               Goods
               ,
               or
               Possessions
               ,
               though
               even
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               the
               Poor
               ,
               yea
               their
               own
               Nearest
               Relations
               ;
               to
               Gorge
               ,
               and
               Glut
               ,
               their
               Insatiate
               appetite
               withall
               ;
               they
               are
               not
               of
               this
               
                 Masters
                 Feeding
              
               ;
               as
               being
               no
               part
               of
               
                 his
                 Family
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 Forsake
                 mee
              
               (
               saith
               our
               Prophet
               )
               
                 the
                 Lord
                 Taketh
                 me
                 up
                 ,
                 Psal.
              
               27.
               10.
               
               Those
               ,
               that
               are
               left
               Destitute
               of
               all
               Humane
               Support
               ;
               and
               that
               even
               by
               those
               ,
               that
               ,
               by
               all
               obligations
               ,
               both
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Nature
               ,
               are
               to
               afford
               them
               their
               best
               Helping-hands
               ;
               especially
               ,
               shall
               they
               ,
               in
               this
               their
               sad
               condition
               ,
               still
               appear
               with
               
               their
               white
               Livery
               of
               Inno●cence
               about
               them
               ;
               those
               onel●
               owneth
               he
               for
               
                 his
                 Care
              
               ,
               an●
               Charge
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               otherwis●
               with
               this
               
                 Great
                 Master
              
               ,
               for
               hi●
               Occononomy
               ,
               and
               Dispensati●
               on
               ,
               for
               Spirituals
               ,
               then
               Tem●porals
               .
               Those
               ,
               that
               will
               be
               s●
               far
               their
               own
               Carvers
               ,
               as
               t●
               Heap
               up
               unto
               themselves
               Tea●chers
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               2
               Tim.
               4.
               3.
               they
               are
               as
               little
               of
               this
               
                 Great
                 Masters
                 Teaching
              
               ,
               as
               are
               the
               othe●
               of
               
                 his
                 Feeding
                 .
                 But
                 Receive●
                 with
                 Meekness
              
               (
               saith
               St.
               
                 Iames
                 the
                 engra●ted
                 Word
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a●ble
                 to
                 save
                 your
                 Souls
                 ,
              
               Jam.
               1.
               
               2●
               It
               is
               the
               word
               ,
               not
               that
               grow●eth
               up
               of
               the
               wilde
               stock
               o●
               an
               Irregular
               ,
               B●ain-sick
               ,
               uncommissioned
               ,
               
               Fancy
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               Graffed
               by
               the
               true
               ,
               and
               skilful
               ,
               Husbandman
               ,
               lawfully
               called
               by
               the
               Master
               into
               the
               Orchard
               of
               his
               Church
               ;
               whereby
               this
               
                 Great
                 Master
              
               cherisheth
               ,
               and
               nurseth
               up
               ,
               a
               soul
               unto
               salvation
               .
               I
               lift
               not
               ●ere
               to
               fly
               out
               into
               Tropologi●al
               Excursions
               ;
               as
               that
               Christ
               should
               be
               this
               Raven
               ;
               not
               onely
               for
               that
               hee
               is
               Black
               ;
               and
               this
               ,
               not
               in
               regard
               onely
               of
               the
               similitude
               of
               his
               sinful
               flesh
               ;
               but
               of
               the
               Rage
               of
               Persecution
               ,
               which
               ,
               for
               the
               whole
               time
               of
               his
               mortal
               pilgrimage
               here
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               might
               justly
               seem
               to
               Dis-colour
               him
               (
               for
               which
               cause
               his
               Spouse
               ,
               the
               Church
               ,
               
               is
               said
               to
               be
               Black
               too
               ,
               Cant.
               ●
               5.
               )
               but
               for
               that
               his
               voice
               ●
               that
               of
               the
               Raven
               likewise
               ●
               
                 Cras
                 ,
                 To-morrow
              
               ;
               for
               th●
               hereafter
               his
               servants
               are
               t●
               expect
               their
               Reward
               .
               You
               sha●
               be
               comforted
               ;
               you
               shall
               ob●tain
               mercy
               ;
               you
               shall
               be
               cal●led
               the
               children
               of
               God
               ;
               is
               h●●
               Promise
               to
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               hi●
               Sermon
               upon
               the
               Mount
               throughout
               .
               And
               therefor●
               that
               word
               of
               his
               Father
               Iaco●
               to
               
                 Laban
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               30.
               33.
               ma●
               well
               seem
               to
               become
               him
               ,
               tha●
               is
               Born
               of
               his
               
                 Seed
                 ;
                 My
                 righ●teousness
                 shall
                 answer
                 for
                 me
                 ●time
                 to
                 come
                 :
              
               or
               (
               as
               it
               is
               in
               th●
               Margent
               )
               to-Morrow
               .
               But
               forbear
               further
               to
               enquire
               in●
               
               ●o
               this
               the
               
                 Masters
                 care
              
               ,
               in
               this
               way
               of
               
                 his
                 Provision
                 for
                 this
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Family
                 .
              
               That
               they
               ●ee
               in
               some
               good
               measure
               Taught
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Fed
               ,
               I
               shall
               onely
               ,
               in
               one
               word
               ,
               leave
               them
               a
               short
               Lesson
               of
               their
               Duty
               towards
               this
               Master
               of
               theirs
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 their
                 Calling
                 upon
                 him
              
               ,
               and
               so
               take
               leave
               ,
               both
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               you
               .
               
                 And
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Ravens
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               They
               are
               gracious
               Articles
               of
               a
               Covenant
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               is
               pleased
               to
               enter
               with
               his
               People
               .
               
                 Psal.
                 81.
                 11.
                 
                 Open
                 thy
                 Mouth
                 wide
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 shall
                 fill
                 it
                 .
              
               We
               justly
               account
               it
               an
               easie
               way
               of
               compassing
               a
               Blessing
               ,
               
               when
               we
               may
               have
               it
               for
               Ask●ing
               .
               Our
               way
               of
               being
               spe●●
               of
               any
               Favour
               at
               the
               Almigh●ties
               hands
               is
               no
               more
               Difficult
               .
               It
               is
               bu●
               Ask
               ,
               and
               Have
               ;
               but
               opening
               our
               Mouth
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               be
               sure
               to
               have
               it
               
                 filled
                 ▪
              
               If
               the
               Widow
               had
               not
               wanted
               Vessels
               ,
               whose
               mouthes
               shee
               might
               have
               opened
               ,
               and
               so
               filled
               ,
               she
               had
               never
               wanted
               Oyl
               ,
               2
               King.
               4.
               7.
               
               If
               Ioash
               ,
               with
               his
               Arrows
               ,
               had
               smitten
               upon
               the
               ground
               six
               ,
               or
               seven
               ,
               times
               ,
               whereas
               he
               smote
               but
               thrice
               ,
               
                 he
                 had
                 smitten
                 Syria
                 until
                 hee
                 had
                 utterly
                 consumed
                 it
                 ,
                 2
                 Kin.
              
               13.
               19.
               
               If
               we
               finde
               our selves
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               ,
               destitute
               of
               any
               Blessing
               ,
               we
               would
               fain
               bee
               
               provided
               of
               ,
               none
               shall
               wee
               have
               reason
               to
               blame
               but
               our selves
               ,
               that
               are
               remiss
               in
               the
               Duty
               of
               opening
               our
               Mouths
               in
               Prayer
               .
               No
               reason
               that
               we
               charge
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               that
               is
               still
               ready
               to
               do
               exceeding
               abundantly
               above
               all
               ,
               that
               we
               can
               Ask
               ,
               or
               Think
               ,
               Ephes.
               3.
               20.
               
               And
               yet
               would
               I
               not
               willingly
               be
               so
               far
               mis-interpreted
               ,
               as
               that
               heereby
               you
               should
               bee
               induced
               to
               conceive
               ,
               that
               I
               intend
               so
               far
               to
               elevate
               Prayer
               beyond
               the
               proper
               Sphere
               of
               its
               Activity
               ,
               as
               to
               conclude
               that
               ●here
               is
               no
               Mercy
               to
               be
               had
               at
               Gods
               hands
               without
               its
               previous
               
                 Mediation
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 pass
              
               (
               is
               his
               own
               word
               
               to
               his
               
                 People
                 )
                 that
                 before
                 they
                 call
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 answer
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 they
                 are
                 yet
                 speaking
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 hear
                 ,
                 Isa.
              
               65.
               24.
               
               And
               our
               Saviours
               wo●d
               of
               his
               Father
               is
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 knoweth
                 what
                 things
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 need
                 of
                 ,
                 before
                 wee
                 Ask
                 ,
                 Matth.
              
               6.
               8.
               
               Onely
               ,
               as
               a
               great
               Prince
               will
               not
               abate
               of
               the
               least
               punctilio
               of
               Homage
               from
               the
               meanest
               of
               his
               Subjects
               :
               
                 Beneficium
                 propter
                 Officium
              
               ;
               this
               Great
               King
               of
               Heaven
               ordinarily
               granteth
               not
               any
               Boon
               to
               any
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               unless
               he
               hath
               first
               the
               Homage
               of
               Prayer
               duly
               paid
               him
               .
               We
               see
               here
               the
               condition
               ,
               is
               expected
               the
               young
               Ravens
               should
               perform
               ;
               and
               that
               
               is
               calling
               upon
               him
               ;
               or
               else
               ,
               in
               their
               greatest
               Extremity
               ,
               they
               may
               miss
               of
               their
               feeding
               by
               him
               .
               
                 And
                 Feedeth
                 the
                 young
                 Rivens
                 ,
                 that
                 call
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               God
               is
               called
               upon
               ,
               not
               in
               the
               Litteral
               accent
               of
               Prayer
               onely
               ;
               but
               in
               a
               Metaphorical
               likewise
               ;
               and
               that
               both
               of
               Tears
               ,
               and
               Distress
               .
               Of
               Tears
               first
               .
               
                 Interdum
                 Lachrymae
                 pondera
                 vocis
                 habent
              
               :
               Tears
               are
               not
               alwayes
               Mutes
               ,
               with
               the
               Almighty
               ;
               but
               Vowels
               rather
               stil
               ,
               as
               wel
               as
               Liquids
               .
               For
               this
               cause
               the
               
                 Mourning
                 Prophet
              
               calleth
               our
               unto
               the
               people
               ;
               
                 Ne
                 taceat
                 pupilla
                 oculitui
              
               :
               Let
               not
               the
               apple
               of
               thine
               Eye
               cease
               ,
               Lam.
               2.
               18.
               
               Upon
               
               which
               words
               Bellarmine
               (
               more
               temperate
               in
               his
               Contemplations
               then
               Controversies
               )
               
                 Clames
                 assidue
                 ad
                 Deum
                 ;
                 non
                 Lingua
                 ,
                 sed
                 Oculis
                 ;
                 non
                 Verbis
                 ,
                 sed
                 Lachrymis
                 ;
                 ista
                 enim
                 est
                 oratio
                 ,
                 quae
                 Deum
                 placare
                 solet
                 :
              
               Cry
               aloud
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               not
               with
               thy
               Tongue
               ,
               but
               with
               thine
               Eyes
               ;
               not
               with
               thy
               words
               ,
               but
               with
               thy
               tears
               ;
               for
               that
               is
               the
               prayer
               ,
               that
               maketh
               the
               most
               forcible
               entry
               into
               the
               Ears
               of
               the
               Great
               God
               of
               Heaven
               .
               Certainly
               ,
               as
               Olympias
               sometimes
               of
               Antipater
               ,
               when
               hee
               had
               written
               her
               a
               long
               Letter
               ,
               fraught
               with
               most
               unjust
               Aspersions
               upon
               her
               son
               ,
               
                 Alexander
                 ;
                 Ignorare
                 videtur
                 Antipater
                 ,
                 
                 quod
                 una
                 Matris
                 L●chrymula
                 centum
                 delebit
                 Epistolas
                 :
                 Antipater
              
               (
               saith
               she
               )
               seemeth
               to
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               that
               the
               least
               tear
               of
               a
               Mother
               is
               able
               wash
               out
               the
               stains
               of
               the
               foulest
               calumnies
               against
               a
               Son
               :
               let
               the
               Devil
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               malitious
               manner
               ,
               present
               our
               Heavenly
               Father
               with
               the
               most
               Black
               ,
               and
               Liberal
               ,
               Catalogue
               of
               our
               sins
               ;
               one
               Tear
               yet
               of
               a
               truly
               penitent
               Soul
               shall
               be
               of
               vertue
               to
               Bl●t
               out
               all
               ,
               when
               the
               times
               of
               Refreshing
               shall
               come
               from
               his
               gracious
               presence
               .
            
             
               Nor
               yet
               is
               God
               less
               effectually
               called
               upon
               in
               the
               
                 Metaphorical
                 accent
              
               of
               Distress
               then
               
               of
               Tears
               .
               
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 Deeps
                 have
                 I
                 called
                 unto
                 thee
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               saith
               our
               Prophet
               ,
               Psal.
               130.
               1.
               
               Nay
               ,
               
                 One
                 Deep
                 calleth
                 upon
                 another
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 Noise
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 pipes
                 ;
                 all
                 thy
                 waves
                 ,
                 and
                 stormes
                 ,
                 are
                 gone
                 over
                 me
                 ,
                 Psal.
              
               42.
               9.
               
               That
               portion
               then
               ,
               that
               
                 Achsah
                 ,
                 Calebs
              
               Daughter
               ,
               desireth
               of
               her
               Father
               ,
               
                 Vpper
                 ,
                 and
                 Nether
                 Springs
              
               ,
               Jo●
               .
               15.
               19.
               may
               well
               seem
               to
               be
               the
               portion
               ,
               that
               every
               childe
               of
               God
               ,
               whilest
               he
               liveth
               here
               upon
               earth
               ,
               is
               to
               expect
               from
               his
               Heavenly
               Father
               .
               This
               appeareth
               signally
               to
               be
               our
               Prophets
               portion
               here
               .
               And
               therefore
               justly
               fihde
               we
               him
               complaining
               of
               the
               water
               pipes
               ,
               issuing
               out
               of
               
               the
               upper-springs
               of
               Affliction
               ,
               as
               Rain
               from
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               powred
               down
               ,
               in
               full
               Cataracts
               ,
               upon
               him
               ;
               and
               waves
               ,
               and
               storms
               ,
               as
               upon
               a
               Ship
               at
               Sea
               ,
               from
               Below
               beating
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               threatning
               his
               immediate
               swallowing
               up
               .
               And
               then
               no
               marvel
               ,
               if
               such
               a
               confused
               Noise
               as
               this
               ,
               from
               Deeps
               ,
               both
               Above
               ,
               and
               Below
               ,
               call
               up
               another
               Deep
               ,
               even
               the
               Deep
               of
               Gods
               Mercy
               (
               as
               the
               Disciples
               sometimes
               their
               Master
               ,
               in
               the
               Tempest
               ,
               Matth.
               8.
               )
               for
               the
               quieting
               ,
               and
               becalming
               ,
               of
               all
               these
               ,
               whatever
               ,
               Boisterous
               stormes
               of
               Tribulation
               ,
               and
               Persecution
               
                 Be
                 ye
                 Followers
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 Dear
                 children
                 ,
              
               
               you
               know
               ,
               is
               the
               Apostles
               precept
               .
               Eph.
               5.
               1.
               
               If
               the
               waters
               of
               Distressed
               Suppliants
               tears
               ,
               wherewith
               you
               may
               every
               where
               see
               their
               Furrowed
               cheeks
               ,
               upon
               the
               tender
               sense
               of
               this
               their
               Distress
               ,
               Blubbered
               ,
               shall
               no
               more
               soften
               your
               Hearts
               ,
               then
               the
               Mountains
               of
               
                 Gilboa
                 ,
                 2
                 Sam.
              
               1.
               21.
               leaving
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               found
               them
               Dry
               ,
               and
               Barren
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               sight
               of
               their
               calamitous
               condition
               shall
               not
               ,
               in
               some
               measure
               ,
               stir
               up
               in
               you
               tender
               Bowels
               of
               compassion
               ;
               how
               dwelleth
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               nay
               ,
               what
               the
               least
               Resemblance
               of
               him
               appeareth
               there
               yet
               in
               you
               ?
               But
               let
               the
               cries
               of
               
               tears
               ,
               wrung
               from
               them
               by
               their
               Distresse
               ,
               enter
               into
               your
               ears
               ;
               and
               enlarge
               your
               hearts
               ,
               and
               hands
               ,
               in
               a
               Magnificent
               Distribution
               to
               their
               Necessities
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               when
               the
               great
               Judge
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               Earth
               ,
               you
               shall
               ,
               at
               the
               last
               Day
               ,
               hear
               ,
               publikely
               acknowledging
               himself
               for
               your
               Almes-man
               ;
               in
               as
               much
               you
               have
               done
               any
               Act
               of
               Mercy
               unto
               the
               least
               of
               these
               my
               Breth●en
               ,
               you
               have
               done
               it
               unto
               mee
               :
               you
               shall
               hear
               him
               withall
               joyfully
               welcomming
               you
               to
               the
               Fruition
               of
               his
               heavenly
               Kingdom
               ;
               
                 Come
                 ye
                 Blessed
                 Children
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 ;
                 receive
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 ,
                 prepared
                 for
                 you
                 from
                 the
                 beginning
                 
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
               Grant
               this
               ,
               we
               beseech
               thee
               ,
               O
               Merciful
               ,
               Father
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               our
               Mediatour
               and
               Redeemer
               ;
               to
               whom
               ,
               with
               thee
               ,
               O
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Blessed
               Spirit
               ,
               be
               all
               Honour
               ,
               Glory
               ,
               Praise
               ,
               Power
               ,
               Might
               ,
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               Dominion
               ;
               now
               ,
               and
               for
               evermore
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               CHRISTS
               Comming
               to
               JUDGEMENT
               Deciphered
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               Third
               SERMON
               ;
               Preached
               at
               Lincolnes-Inn
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               Authour
               .
            
             
               1
               IHES
               4.
               17.
               
               Then
               we
               ,
               which
               are
               Alive
               ,
               shall
               be
               caught
               up
               together
               in
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               to
               meet
               the
               Lord
               in
               the
               Ayr
               ;
               and
               so
               shall
               we
               ever
               bee
               with
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               AMBROS
               .
               Nonne
               tibi
               videntur
               Aquilae
               circa
               Corpus
               ,
               quardo
               veniet
               in
               illa
               Die
               ,
               cum
               Intelligibilibus
               Nu
               bibus
               Filius
               Hominis
               ?
            
             
               Prin●ed
               for
               the
               Author
               .
               1656.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 Matth.
                 24.
                 28.
                 
              
               
                 Wheresoever
                 the
                 Carkas
                 is
                 ,
                 there
                 will
                 the
                 Eagles
                 bee
                 gathered
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               THat
               ,
               in
               the
               Latter
               Dayes
               (
               whereof
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               minde
               you
               ,
               
                 Deterior
                 Posterior
              
               ;
               that
               the
               latter
               the
               worse
               still
               )
               false
               Prophets
               shall
               Arise
               ,
               that
               in
               their
               Desert
               ,
               and
               Chamber
               ,
               Conventicles
               ,
               shall
               be
               Actours
               of
               such
               Mountebank
               Miracles
               ,
               as
               thereby
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               possible
               ,
               to
               deceive
               the
               very
               Elect
               ,
               as
               
               we
               have
               our
               Saviour
               himself
               expresly
               averring
               ,
               V.
               24.
               of
               this
               Chap.
               So
               have
               we
               him
               withal
               Verse
               26.
               sagely
               cautioning
               ,
               not
               to
               give
               over
               hasty
               credit
               unto
               them
               .
               
                 If
                 they
                 shall
                 say
                 unto
                 you
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 He
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Desert
                 ,
                 go
                 not
                 forth
                 ;
                 if
                 in
                 the
                 Chambers
                 ,
                 beleeve
                 them
                 not
                 .
                 Simon
                 Magus
              
               (
               it
               seemeth
               )
               was
               the
               Captain
               General
               of
               this
               
                 Accursed
                 Militia
              
               ;
               the
               Ring-leader
               of
               this
               
                 Ranting
                 Crew
              
               .
               Who
               making
               himself
               some
               Great
               one
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               Act.
               8.
               9.
               even
               so
               Great
               ,
               that
               (
               will
               we
               hear
               St.
               Augustine
               )
               hee
               gave
               out
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               he
               ,
               that
               ,
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               gave
               the
               Law
               to
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               upon
               
               Mount
               Sinai
               ;
               he
               ,
               that
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               
                 Tib●rius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               suffered
               ,
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Son
               ;
               he
               ,
               that
               ,
               at
               the
               Feast
               of
               Pentecost
               ,
               in
               the
               person
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               descended
               upon
               the
               Apostles
               in
               the
               shape
               of
               Fiery
               cloven
               Tongues
               .
               Whereby
               he
               had
               so
               bewitched
               Nero
               himself
               ,
               &
               the
               people
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               they
               erected
               a
               Statue
               in
               H●nour
               of
               him
               .
               Who
               yet
               at
               last
               ,
               by
               a
               Fal
               ,
               whilst
               he
               attempteth
               a
               flight
               ,
               hath
               his
               Credit
               ,
               with
               his
               Leg
               ,
               cracked
               .
               And
               so
               as
               (
               Maximus
               )
               
                 Qui
                 Pennas
                 Assumpsit
                 ,
                 Plantus
                 Amittit
              
               ;
               whilest
               hee
               will
               needs
               be
               taking
               unto
               him
               the
               advantage
               of
               Artificial
               Wings
               ,
               hee
               loseth
               the
               use
               of
               
               his
               Natural
               Feet
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               ,
               for
               the
               invalidating
               of
               the
               Authority
               ,
               and
               Energy
               ,
               any
               such
               Impostours
               may
               have
               upon
               the
               Faith
               of
               any
               of
               his
               ,
               which
               may
               otherwise
               expect
               the
               solemnity
               of
               Signes
               to
               usher
               in
               his
               comming
               to
               judgment
               ,
               telleth
               them
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               verse
               before
               the
               Text
               ,
               that
               his
               comming
               shall
               be
               as
               Lightning
               ;
               
                 Sicut
                 Fulgur
                 ,
                 non
                 eget
                 Praecone
                 ,
                 aut
                 Nuntio
                 ;
                 sed
                 statim
                 omnibus
                 apparet
                 ,
              
               saith
               St.
               Chrysostome
               ;
               for
               that
               ,
               as
               Lightning
               needeth
               no
               Harbinger
               ,
               or
               Messenger
               ,
               but
               breaketh
               out
               in
               no
               less
               glorious
               ,
               then
               sudden
               ,
               Appearance
               ,
               unto
               every
               Eye
               :
               so
               shall
               he
               ,
               at
               his
               comming
               ,
               
               irradiate
               every
               Eye
               with
               the
               Sudden
               ,
               and
               Glorious
               ,
               Appearance
               of
               his
               Divine
               ,
               yea
               and
               Humane
               ,
               Presence
               ,
               too
               :
               so
               in
               ,
               the
               words
               now
               read
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               appear
               most
               eminently
               conspicuous
               ,
               by
               the
               thronged
               confluence
               of
               all
               the
               Saints
               unto
               him
               ,
               as
               of
               Eagles
               to
               a
               Carkas
               .
               For
               ,
               
                 wheresoever
                 the
                 carkas
                 is
                 ,
                 there
                 will
                 the
                 Eagles
                 bee
                 gathered
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Text
               then
               you
               cannot
               but
               see
               what
               just
               reason
               I
               might
               have
               to
               say
               that
               it
               is
               a
               Summary
               Description
               of
               the
               Magnetical
               Vertue
               ,
               shall
               appear
               in
               our
               Saviours
               Person
               ,
               at
               his
               comming
               to
               judgement
               ;
               wherein
               I
               might
               commend
               unto
               
               your
               considerations
               these
               two
               Principal
               observables
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     Efficacy
                     of
                     the
                     Loadstone
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Compliancy
                     of
                     the
                     Iron
                     .
                  
                
              
               But
               ,
               for
               that
               (
               as
               the
               Preacher
               ,
               Eccles.
               10.
               19.
               
               a
               Feast
               is
               made
               for
               Laughter
               )
               and
               that
               ,
               in
               the
               Day
               of
               Christs
               comming
               to
               judgement
               ,
               Gods
               servants
               ,
               as
               on
               a
               Feast-day
               ,
               shall
               laugh
               for
               joy
               of
               Heart
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Isa.
               65.
               14.
               
               We
               shall
               not
               do
               amiss
               to
               take
               a
               distinct
               view
               of
               —
               
                 
                   
                     The
                  
                   
                     Table
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Guests
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               The
               Table
               furnished
               with
               nothing
               ,
               but
               a
               Carkas
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Guests
                 Eagles
              
               :
               which
               we
               shall
               do
               well
               to
               contemplate
               First
               in
               their
               general
               Notion
               of
               Eagles
               .
            
             
             
               Secondly
               ,
               in
               a
               more
               special
               consideration
               of
               their
               sweet
               inclination
               to
               Agreement
               ;
               
                 They
                 are
                 gathered
                 together
              
               .
            
             
               These
               the
               Parts
               ;
               of
               these
               plainly
               ,
               briefly
               ,
               and
               orderly
               .
               And
               of
               the
               Substratum
               ,
               the
               Table
               ,
               first
               are
               we
               to
               take
               a
               view
               ;
               which
               ,
               we
               see
               yet
               ,
               is
               set
               out
               with
               nothing
               but
               a
               Carkas
               ,
               
                 Where
                 the
                 Carkas
                 is
              
               .
            
             
               We
               usually
               proportion
               the
               Entertainment
               of
               our
               Tables
               to
               the
               Quality
               of
               the
               Guests
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               entertain
               .
               And
               then
               can
               it
               not
               but
               seem
               extremel●
               incongruous
               to
               entertain
               the
               palates
               of
               Nobles
               ,
               yea
               Princes
               (
               whereof
               these
               Eagles
               here
               ,
               as
               hereafter
               will
               more
               at
               large
               
               appear
               ,
               may
               well
               bee
               looked
               upon
               as
               proper
               Emblems
               )
               with
               no
               better
               Fare
               then
               a
               Carkas
               .
               Some
               Interpreters
               I
               meet
               with
               ,
               that
               ,
               for
               the
               Declination
               of
               this
               seeming
               Gross
               Soloecism
               ,
               rea●e
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 Body
                 .
                 Where
                 the
                 Body
                 is
                 ,
                 there
                 will
                 the
                 Eagles
                 bee
                 gathered
                 together
                 .
              
               But
               ,
               be
               it
               read
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               as
               here
               ,
               a
               Dissolution
               ;
               of
               the
               Primitive
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               which
               the
               Latins
               render
               Ca●aver
               ;
               and
               our
               Translation
               a
               Carkas
               ;
               of
               Cado
               ,
               to
               Fall
               :
               yet
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               often
               seen
               excellent
               Venison
               cased
               up
               in
               cours
               Paste
               ;
               
                 saepe
                 sub
                 sordido
                 Pallio
              
               ;
               and
               a
               great
               D●pth
               of
               Wisdom
               under
               a
               Russet
               Cloak
               :
               this
               Carkas
               yet
               affordeth
               such
               
               chois●
               Viands
               ,
               as
               the
               choisest
               palates
               shall
               have
               no
               reason
               to
               disdain
               ;
               as
               having
               no
               worse
               food
               in
               it
               then
               Christ
               himself
               ;
               
                 whose
                 Flesh
                 is
                 Meat
                 indeed
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Bloud
                 Drink
                 indeed
                 ,
              
               Joh.
               6.
               55.
               
               And
               then
               far
               juster
               reason
               shall
               I
               have
               to
               say
               of
               this
               Carkas
               ,
               then
               Sampson
               sometimes
               of
               the
               Carkas
               of
               his
               Lion
               ,
               Iudg.
               14.
               8.
               that
               it
               hath
               Hony
               in
               it
               ;
               yea
               that
               which
               is
               sweeter
               then
               Hony
               ;
               or
               the
               Honicomb
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               either
               of
               these
               Readings
               ,
               of
               Body
               ,
               or
               Carkas
               ,
               will
               suit
               wel
               enough
               with
               the
               Drift
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               in
               the
               Text
               ;
               for
               that
               by
               the
               word
               (
               Carkas
               )
               may
               justly
               seem
               to
               be
               pointed
               out
               
               unto
               us
               our
               Saviours
               Passion
               ;
               wherein
               his
               Body
               was
               reduced
               to
               a
               Carkas
               ,
               for
               our
               Transgressions
               :
               and
               by
               the
               word
               (
               Body
               )
               his
               Resurrection
               ;
               by
               the
               which
               hee
               consummated
               our
               Redemption
               .
               Who
               was
               Delivered
               for
               our
               Offences
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               and
               Raised
               again
               for
               our
               Justification
               .
               Rom.
               4.
               25.
               
               And
               in
               the
               self-same
               Place
               (
               saith
               St.
               Hilary
               )
               where
               this
               Body
               was
               offered
               up
               in
               Sacrifice
               ,
               and
               so
               became
               a
               Carkas
               ;
               shal
               the
               same
               Carkas
               become
               a
               Glorified
               Body
               ;
               wherein
               hee
               shall
               appear
               to
               judge
               both
               Quick
               ,
               and
               Dead
               ;
               even
               in
               the
               Valley
               of
               Ichoshaphat
               near
               Hierusalem
               :
               
               as
               out
               of
               Ioel
               3.
               2.
               is
               clearly
               to
               be
               collected
               .
               And
               the
               pregnant
               reason
               hereof
               wee
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               go
               farre
               to
               seeke
               .
               
                 Congruum
                 esi
              
               (
               saith
               that
               Father
               )
               
                 ut
                 Christ
                 us
                 ibi
                 juste
                 judicet
                 omnes
                 ,
                 ubi
                 pro
                 omnibus
                 ipse
                 injuste
                 judicatus
                 est
                 ;
                 ibique
                 conspiciatur
                 ejus
                 Majestas
                 ,
                 ubi
                 antea
                 visa
                 est
                 ejus
                 Abj●stio
                 ,
                 &
                 Humilitas
                 .
              
               It
               cannot
               but
               seem
               to
               suit
               with
               the
               Rules
               of
               all
               Reason
               ,
               and
               Justice
               ,
               that
               Christ
               in
               that
               place
               should
               judge
               the
               World
               in
               Righteousness
               ,
               where
               himself
               heretofore
               was
               unrighteously
               condemned
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               his
               Majesty
               be
               eminently
               conspicuous
               ,
               where
               his
               usage
               had
               
               been
               so
               Reproachful
               ,
               and
               Opprobrious
               .
               Aristotle
               l.
               9.
               
                 de
                 Historia
                 Animalium
              
               ,
               amongst
               divers
               other
               sorts
               ,
               reckoneth
               up
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               seu
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               the
               under
               ,
               or
               Vul●ur
               ,
               Eagle
               ;
               and
               of
               this
               sort
               of
               Eagle
               ,
               as
               
                 Vlisses
                 Aldrovandus
              
               interpreteth
               that
               of
               Iob
               ,
               in
               the
               39.
               of
               his
               Book
               :
               
                 She
                 seeketh
                 the
                 Prey
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 her
                 Eyes
                 behold
                 afar
                 off
                 ;
                 her
                 young
                 ones
                 suck
                 up
                 Bloud
                 ;
                 and
                 where
                 the
                 slain
                 are
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 she
                 :
              
               so
               of
               this
               specially
               ,
               more
               then
               probable
               is
               it
               that
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               intendeth
               this
               Aphorism
               in
               the
               Text.
               
            
             
               And
               then
               ,
               taking
               for
               granted
               (
               what
               hereafter
               shall
               more
               clearly
               appear
               )
               that
               by
               this
               
               sort
               of
               Eagles
               the
               Saints
               are
               intended
               ,
               how
               farre
               shall
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               us
               appear
               from
               being
               Saints
               (
               a
               Title
               yet
               ,
               wee
               are
               all
               more
               prone
               ,
               as
               is
               most
               evident
               ,
               to
               arrogate
               to
               our selves
               ,
               then
               to
               give
               it
               to
               the
               best
               in
               Heaven
               )
               when
               ,
               though
               wee
               have
               more
               then
               enough
               in
               us
               of
               the
               more
               Generous
               Eagles
               ,
               whose
               Guise
               is
               (
               saith
               the
               same
               Naturallist
               )
               not
               to
               bee
               pleased
               with
               any
               other
               Prey
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               themselves
               have
               Taken
               Alive
               ,
               and
               Killed
               ;
               but
               of
               these
               under
               ,
               or
               vultur
               ,
               that
               content
               them
               with
               a
               slaughtered
               Carkas
               ,
               nothing
               ?
               The
               living
               Dogge
               of
               a
               New
               Flourishing
               ,
               Conventicle
               ,
               or
               
               Commonwealth
               ,
               wee
               like
               much
               better
               then
               the
               Dead
               Lion
               of
               a
               Decayed
               Church
               ,
               or
               what
               ever
               Decried
               Government
               .
               We
               account
               it
               far
               beneath
               us
               to
               stoop
               to
               a
               slaughtered
               carkass
               ;
               but
               like
               well
               ,
               as
               Eagles
               ,
               to
               mount
               up
               with
               wings
               ,
               as
               the
               Prophet
               hath
               it
               ,
               Isa.
               40.
               31.
               there
               to
               make
               some
               Glorious
               Body
               our
               purchase
               .
               
                 Oderunt
                 Pan●os
                 tuos
                 Iesu
              
               ,
               saith
               St.
               Bernard
               :
               Christs
               Robes
               of
               Majesty
               ,
               wherein
               (
               as
               upon
               Mount
               Tabor
               )
               hee
               may
               appea●
               ,
               wee
               are
               well
               pleased
               with
               ;
               but
               can
               in
               no
               wise
               away
               with
               his
               Ragges
               of
               Poverty
               ,
               wherein
               (
               as
               upon
               Mount
               Calvary
               )
               hee
               may
               discover
               himself
               
               unto
               us
               .
               Every
               step
               of
               a
               Christians
               progress
               to
               Glory
               may
               you
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               Map
               ,
               see
               Graphically
               delineated
               before
               you
               ,
               Psal.
               110.
               whose
               Rise
               however
               it
               be
               all
               of
               a
               Triumphant
               strain
               ;
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 said
                 unto
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 sit
                 thou
                 on
                 my
                 Right
                 hand
                 ,
                 untill
                 I
                 make
                 thine
                 Enemies
                 thy
                 Footstool
                 :
              
               yet
               is
               its
               close
               te●pered
               with
               an
               intimation
               of
               a
               Task
               of
               Militancy
               to
               precede
               ;
               
                 He
                 shall
                 drink
                 of
                 the
                 Brook
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 ;
                 therefore
                 shall
                 hee
                 lift
                 up
                 his
                 Head.
              
               Before
               we
               may
               hope
               to
               have
               ou●
               heads
               lifted
               up
               ,
               for
               their
               Glorious
               investiture
               with
               a
               Crown
               of
               Immortality
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               to
               come
               ,
               with
               those
               men
               that
               bowed
               
               down
               their
               Heads
               to
               drink
               water
               ,
               Iudg.
               7.
               6.
               wee
               must
               resolve
               to
               bow
               down
               ,
               for
               the
               taking
               of
               a
               Deepe
               ,
               and
               Bitter
               ,
               Draught
               of
               the
               Brook
               of
               Mortification
               ,
               and
               Tribulation
               ,
               and
               Persecution
               ,
               whilest
               wee
               are
               here
               in
               the
               way
               of
               this
               Life
               :
               sit
               down
               in
               
                 Bochim
                 ▪
              
               before
               we
               can
               come
               to
               Beracah
               ;
               sow
               in
               Tears
               ,
               before
               wee
               can
               reape
               in
               Ioy
               ;
               and
               (
               as
               St.
               Peter
               hath
               it
               1
               
                 Epist.
                 cap.
                 4.
                 v.
              
               19.
               )
               suffer
               pa●iently
               ,
               according
               to
               Gods
               will
               ,
               committing
               our
               souls
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               well
               doing
               ,
               as
               unto
               a
               Faithful
               Creatour
               .
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               whilest
               those
               that
               will
               here
               prematurely
               appear
               to
               be
               of
               the
               temper
               of
               the
               more
               Generous
               
               Eagles
               ;
               and
               so
               to
               prey
               on
               Bodies
               ,
               before
               they
               become
               Dead
               carkasses
               ;
               and
               so
               as
               Canibals
               ,
               will
               be
               feeding
               on
               the
               living
               ;
               sucking
               out
               the
               Hearts-bloud
               of
               Widows
               ,
               of
               Orphans
               ;
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               their
               Spiritual
               ;
               and
               their
               Natural
               Mother
               ,
               the
               Country
               ;
               at
               least
               ,
               
                 Corpora
                 corporibus
                 jung●bat
                 Mortua
                 Vivis
                 ;
              
               Shall
               ,
               after
               the
               example
               of
               Mezentius
               ,
               make
               no
               difference
               between
               the
               Living
               ,
               and
               the
               Dead
               ;
               but
               take
               all
               for
               Fish
               ,
               that
               commeth
               to
               the
               Net
               ;
               and
               swallow
               all
               for
               lawful
               purchase
               ,
               with
               their
               Leviathan
               Jawes
               ,
               they
               can
               seize
               upon
               ;
               whilest
               ,
               thus
               Eagle-like
               (
               what
               
               is
               Iacobs
               word
               of
               
                 Benjamin
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               49.
               27.
               
               )
               in
               the
               Morning
               they
               are
               Devouring
               the
               Prey
               ;
               in
               the
               Evening
               of
               their
               Death
               ,
               nay
               on
               the
               next
               morrow
               of
               their
               Resurrection
               ,
               they
               shall
               have
               no
               spoil
               to
               divide
               .
               It
               is
               an
               heavie
               Doom
               ,
               such
               preproperous
               Eagles
               (
               as
               these
               Hypocrites
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               Mat.
               6.
               2
               )
               are
               to
               expect
               at
               the
               Last
               Day
               ;
               you
               have
               had
               your
               reward
               ▪
               
                 Delicatus
                 est
                 nemis
                 ,
                 qui
                 &
                 hic
                 vult
                 Gaudere
                 cum
                 saeculo
                 ,
                 &
                 postea
                 Regnare
                 cum
                 Christo
                 ,
              
               saith
               St.
               Augustine
               .
               It
               sav●ureth
               of
               the
               Horse-leaches
               appetite
               ,
               to
               affect
               a
               Frolicking
               here
               in
               this
               Life
               with
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               hereafter
               to
               reign
               with
               Christ
               in
               
               the
               Life
               to
               come
               .
               But
               be
               yee
               
                 Patient
                 ,
                 stablish
                 your
                 hearts
              
               ,
               saith
               St.
               Iames
               ,
               Jam.
               5.
               8.
               
               Take
               we
               up
               here
               contentedly
               with
               whatever
               poor
               ,
               and
               lean
               ,
               Portion
               of
               the
               things
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               our
               Heavenly
               Father
               shal
               be
               pleased
               here
               to
               cut
               out
               for
               us
               ;
               yea
               approve
               we
               our selves
               patient
               ,
               shall
               he
               please
               to
               lay
               upon
               our
               Necks
               the
               heavy
               yoke
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               Tribulation
               ,
               and
               Persecution
               ;
               yea
               confine
               us
               to
               the
               Austere
               Diet
               of
               Contrition
               ,
               and
               Mortification
               ;
               and
               let
               this
               Vultur
               ,
               this
               Raven
               .
               Eagles
               Dialect
               be
               so
               signally
               ours
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               it
               is
               Zeph.
               3.
               3.
               
               )
               wee
               contentedly
               forbear
               the
               Gnawing
               of
               the
               Bones
               till
               the
               
               morrow
               ;
               on
               the
               morrow
               ,
               in
               the
               morning
               of
               our
               Resurrection
               ,
               rayes
               of
               unspeakable
               comfort
               shall
               wee
               finde
               darting
               out
               upon
               our
               souls
               ;
               for
               that
               then
               we
               shall
               be
               sensible
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               it
               is
               2
               Cor.
               4.
               17.
               
               )
               the
               light
               Afflictions
               of
               this
               Life
               ,
               that
               are
               but
               for
               a
               Moment
               ,
               have
               all
               this
               while
               bin
               working
               for
               us
               a
               far
               most
               Excellent
               ,
               and
               Eternal
               ,
               weight
               of
               Glory
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               far
               shall
               it
               serve
               to
               have
               surveyed
               the
               Table
               ;
               which
               you
               have
               seen
               to
               be
               farre
               from
               being
               sumptuous
               ,
               or
               luxuriant
               ;
               as
               beeing
               furnished
               with
               nothing
               but
               a
               Carkass
               .
               Come
               we
               now
               to
               take
               a
               view
               of
               the
               Gu●sts
               ;
               whom
               yet
               wee
               may
               
               discern
               to
               bee
               very
               Noble
               ,
               as
               being
               no
               worse
               then
               Princes
               ;
               of
               which
               Eagles
               ,
               in
               their
               General
               Notion
               of
               Eagles
               ,
               just
               reason
               wee
               look
               upon
               as
               proper
               Emblems
               .
               Which
               is
               the
               first
               Notion
               ,
               wherein
               we
               are
               to
               contemplate
               these
               Guests
               the
               Notion
               of
               Eagles
               .
               
                 Wheresoever
                 the
                 Cark●ss
                 is
                 ,
                 there
                 the
                 Eagls
                 will
                 be
                 gathered
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               You
               have
               already
               had
               an
               intimation
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               Eagles
               the
               Saints
               are
               hee●e
               intended
               .
               Now
               ,
               fo●
               the
               Proof
               of
               this
               supposition
               ,
               what
               Lineaments
               of
               Resemblance
               between
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               others
               countenances
               are
               to
               be
               discovered
               ,
               will
               not
               bee
               unworthy
               the
               Expence
               
               of
               some
               of
               our
               Time
               ,
               and
               Paines
               ,
               for
               a
               Summary
               Enquiry
               .
            
             
               First
               then
               Eagles
               (
               we
               know
               )
               are
               the
               Kings
               of
               Birds
               .
               
                 You
                 have
                 seene
              
               (
               is
               the
               Lords
               own
               word
               to
               his
               People
               )
               
                 how
                 I
                 bare
                 you
                 on
                 Eagls
                 Wings
                 ,
              
               Exod.
               19.
               4.
               
               The
               Pitch
               ,
               the
               Eagle
               flyeth
               at
               ,
               favoureth
               of
               a
               well-feathered
               Plume
               ;
               It
               is
               
                 Potent
                 ,
                 Princely
                 ,
                 Royal.
              
               For
               which
               cause
               I
               finde
               ,
               that
               the
               Romans
               ,
               the
               greatest
               Potentates
               ,
               the
               Suns
               Eye
               ever
               beheld
               ,
               stil
               bore
               the
               Eagle
               in
               their
               Standard
               .
               And
               such
               Eagls
               are
               the
               
                 Saints
                 .
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
              
               (
               saith
               St.
               
                 Iohn
                 )
                 hath
                 made
                 us
                 Kings
                 ,
              
               Apoc.
               1.
               6.
               
               And
               
               therefore
               that
               Gloss
               of
               Saint
               Greg.
               upon
               those
               words
               of
               Iob
               ,
               36.
               of
               his
               Book
               7.
               
               Hee
               withdraweth
               not
               his
               Eyes
               from
               the
               Righteous
               ;
               but
               with
               Kings
               are
               they
               on
               the
               Throne
               ;
               is
               well
               worthy
               our
               best
               Observation
               :
               
                 Reges
                 sunt
                 ,
                 quia
                 Tentationum
                 suarum
                 Motibus
                 ,
                 non
                 consentiendo
                 succumbere
                 ,
                 sed
                 Regendo
                 Praeesse
                 noverant
                 :
              
               They
               are
               Kings
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               for
               that
               they
               tamely
               lye
               not
               down
               ,
               by
               con●
               senting
               unto
               temptations
               ;
               but
               know
               the
               way
               how
               to
               master
               ,
               and
               subdue
               them
               ;
               Brideling
               the
               Intemperance
               of
               their
               Appetites
               ;
               Cooling
               the
               Heat
               of
               their
               Lusts
               ;
               Beating
               down
               the
               Height
               of
               their
               Pride
               ;
               Curing
               
               the
               Itch
               of
               their
               Cove●i●e
               ;
               Startling
               them
               from
               the
               Lees
               of
               their
               Surquedry
               ;
               and
               plucking
               off
               the
               Disguise
               of
               their
               Hypocrisie
               :
               and
               so
               ,
               in
               him
               that
               hath
               made
               them
               such
               being
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               37.
               
               )
               in
               all
               these
               more
               then
               Conquerours
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               Eagles
               have
               a
               property
               of
               Renewing
               themselves
               ,
               and
               Restoring
               their
               youth
               .
               
                 Making
                 thee
                 young
                 ,
                 and
                 lusty
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 Eagle
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Kingly
               Prophet
               ,
               Psal.
               103.
               5.
               
               Now
               ,
               the
               way
               of
               this
               the
               Eagles
               Renovation
               ,
               is
               ,
               by
               Interpreters
               ,
               variously
               related
               .
               St.
               Augustine
               would
               have
               this
               to
               be
               the
               manner
               :
               that
               when
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               Age
               ,
               the
               upper
               
               part
               of
               their
               Beaks
               so
               far
               out-grow
               the
               Nether
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               now
               no
               longer
               able
               to
               open
               their
               Mouths
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               Food
               ,
               begin
               to
               langu●sh
               ;
               they
               get
               them
               to
               a
               craggy
               Rock
               ;
               against
               which
               striking
               off
               the
               excresc●cy
               of
               the
               upper
               part
               of
               their
               Beaks
               ,
               which
               hindred
               their
               Feeding
               ,
               they
               hereby
               enable
               themselves
               to
               Feed
               afresh
               ;
               and
               so
               recover
               their
               Youth
               ,
               and
               strength
               .
               Athanasius
               giveth
               us
               an
               Account
               ,
               as
               of
               another
               Malady
               ,
               they
               labour
               of
               ;
               so
               of
               another
               Remedy
               ,
               they
               use
               for
               their
               recovery
               .
               
                 Caligantibus
                 occulis
              
               ;
               when
               their
               Eyes
               grow
               Dim
               (
               saith
               hee
               )
               they
               drench
               themselves
               in
               a
               
               cold
               Fountain
               ;
               then
               expose
               themselves
               to
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               Sun
               beames
               ;
               whereby
               the
               Scales
               falling
               from
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               they
               recover
               their
               sight
               ,
               and
               youth
               .
               Both
               these
               wayes
               of
               Renovation
               we
               shall
               do
               well
               to
               to
               take
               together
               ,
               and
               to
               apply
               to
               the
               Saints
               of
               God.
               When
               the
               Excrescency
               of
               our
               worldly
               Desires
               ,
               and
               Carnal
               Lusts
               ,
               shall
               so
               entirely
               have
               deaded
               our
               spiritual
               Appetites
               (
               that
               as
               David
               in
               another
               case
               ,
               Psal.
               102.
               4.
               
               )
               we
               forget
               to
               eat
               our
               Bread
               ;
               when
               the
               Eyes
               of
               our
               understanding
               wee
               may
               finde
               too
               sensibly
               growne
               so
               Dim
               ,
               that
               we
               ,
               neither
               can
               ,
               nor
               will
               ,
               any
               longer
               ,
               discern
               those
               things
               
               that
               belong
               to
               our
               peace
               ;
               lest
               ,
               seeing
               with
               our
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               hearing
               with
               our
               Ears
               ;
               we
               should
               be
               converted
               ,
               and
               Healed
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Isa.
               6.
               10.
               our
               parts
               it
               shall
               be
               to
               betake
               us
               unto
               the
               Rock
               ,
               Christ
               (
               for
               so
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               4.
               
               I
               finde
               him
               expresly
               stiled
               )
               to
               put
               off
               all
               manner
               Dulness
               ,
               and
               Deadness
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Old
                 Man
              
               ,
               which
               is
               corrupt
               according
               to
               the
               Deceitful
               Lusts
               :
               as
               it
               is
               Ephes.
               4.
               22.
               to
               bathe
               our selves
               thorowly
               in
               the
               Laver
               of
               unfeigned
               Repentance
               ;
               and
               then
               fixe
               the
               Eys
               of
               them
               steadily
               upon
               the
               Sun
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               Ariseth
               with
               Healing
               in
               his
               Wings
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Mal.
               4.
               2.
               
               
                 Looking
                 unto
              
               Jesus
               
               (
               saith
               the
               above
               praised
               Apostle
               )
               
                 the
                 Author
                 ,
                 and
                 Finisher
                 ,
                 ●f
                 our
                 Faith
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               12.
               2.
               
                 and
                 so
                 become
                 Renewed
                 in
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 our
                 Minds
                 ,
              
               Ephes.
               4.
               23.
               
            
             
               Lastly
               (
               not
               to
               stretch
               the
               strings
               of
               the
               Analogy
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               to
               endanger
               the
               cracking
               them
               )
               Eagles
               (
               as
               in
               part
               you
               have
               already
               had
               intimated
               )
               Flye
               a
               great
               heighth
               from
               the
               earth
               ;
               a
               pitch
               above
               all
               other
               Birds
               .
               Yea
               ,
               as
               Araun●h
               is
               said
               to
               give
               as
               a
               King
               unto
               the
               King
               ,
               2.
               
               Sam.
               24.
               23.
               these
               Kings
               of
               Birds
               get
               them
               up
               near
               unto
               the
               King
               of
               Starres
               ,
               the
               Sunne
               ;
               by
               the
               undaunted
               ,
               and
               unmoved
               ,
               contemplation
               of
               whose
               Rayes
               they
               try
               the
               
               Legitimation
               of
               their
               young
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               ,
               which
               Interpreters
               would
               have
               intended
               by
               that
               of
               Iob
               39.
               of
               his
               Book
               above
               praised
               ;
               
                 The
                 Eagle
                 Mounteth
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 he●
                 Nest
                 on
                 high
                 ;
                 and
                 her
                 Eyes
                 beh●ld
                 a
                 farre
                 off
                 .
              
               The
               Sonnes
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               still
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               yea
               in
               a
               far
               Higher
               ,
               manner
               Affected
               .
               They
               contemplate
               not
               onely
               Christ
               the
               Sun
               of
               Righteousness
               ;
               but
               (
               with
               the
               woman
               ,
               Apoc.
               12.
               1.
               
               )
               they
               are
               clothed
               with
               him
               ;
               trampling
               the
               Moone
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               ,
               all
               earthly
               things
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Moon
                 inconstant
              
               ,
               under
               their
               Feet
               .
               And
               by
               this
               Test
               shall
               we
               do
               well
               to
               try
               our selves
               ,
               
               whether
               wee
               bee
               the
               Genuine
               Sons
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               no.
               So
               that
               then
               ,
               if
               our
               Affections
               shall
               appear
               wholly
               ,
               yea
               but
               principally
               ,
               set
               upon
               earthly
               things
               ;
               if
               the
               Dunghils
               of
               this
               world
               shall
               appear
               to
               be
               the
               Darlings
               of
               our
               souls
               ;
               nay
               ,
               if
               ,
               when
               the
               scorching
               beames
               of
               Persecution
               shall
               bee
               darting
               out
               from
               the
               Body
               of
               this
               Sun
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               so
               submit
               us
               to
               all
               manner
               sufferings
               for
               his
               sake
               ;
               like
               the
               children
               of
               
                 Ephraim
                 ,
                 Psal.
              
               78.
               10.
               though
               Harnessed
               ,
               and
               carying
               Bowes
               ,
               we
               shall
               yet
               turn
               our
               Backs
               in
               in
               the
               Day
               of
               Battel
               ;
               chusing
               rather
               to
               become
               Proteusses
               of
               all
               shapes
               ;
               Came●ions
               of
               all
               
               colours
               ;
               yea
               ,
               like
               so
               many
               R●lypusses
               ,
               resolve
               still
               to
               be
               of
               the
               complexion
               of
               the
               
                 Present
                 Times
              
               ;
               rather
               then
               expose
               our
               Persons
               ,
               or
               Estates
               ,
               in
               the
               least
               measure
               ,
               to
               any
               Peril
               ,
               or
               Hazard
               :
               we
               are
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               Heb.
               12.
               8.
               in
               Down-right
               termes
               ,
               censured
               us
               )
               
                 Bastards
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 Sons
              
               .
               But
               ,
               what
               the
               Poet
               sometimes
               of
               Fame
               ,
               
                 Ingrediturque
                 solo
                 ,
                 caput
                 inter
                 Nubila
                 condens
                 :
              
               If
               ,
               whilest
               ,
               as
               
                 Pilgrims
                 ▪
              
               we
               are
               walking
               ;
               or
               rather
               ,
               as
               Prsmires
               ,
               crawling
               ,
               up
               and
               downe
               the
               Ant-heapes
               of
               this
               world
               ;
               our
               Conversation
               ,
               our
               Burgeship
               ,
               the
               strength
               of
               our
               Affection
               ,
               shall
               appear
               to
               bee
               in
               
               Heaven
               ;
               at
               least
               ,
               as
               a
               Line
               drawn
               through
               a
               Circle
               ,
               toucheth
               the
               Center
               but
               once
               ,
               but
               the
               Circumference
               twice
               ;
               if
               our
               hearts
               shall
               appear
               twice
               as
               much
               intent
               upon
               Heavenly
               ,
               as
               Earthly
               things
               ;
               nay
               ,
               if
               ,
               as
               Houses
               ,
               built
               upon
               Rockes
               ,
               wee
               shall
               cheerfully
               weather
               the
               most
               violent
               Gusts
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               Tribulation
               ,
               and
               Persecution
               ;
               if
               neither
               the
               enchanting
               sounds
               of
               whatever
               
                 Musical
                 instruments
              
               ,
               nor
               the
               
                 Dreadful
                 Apprehension
              
               of
               the
               Torments
               of
               the
               
                 Ho●●est
                 ●iery
                 Furnace
              
               ,
               shall
               bee
               able
               so
               farre
               to
               work
               upon
               us
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               us
               to
               fall
               down
               before
               any
               
                 Golden
                 Image
              
               ,
               any
               
               
                 Tyrannicall
                 Nebuchadnezzar
              
               shall
               set
               up
               ;
               if
               nothing
               shall
               be
               able
               to
               separate
               us
               from
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ;
               whether
               it
               be
               the
               
                 heigth
                 of
                 hoped
                 for
                 Preferment
              
               ,
               or
               the
               depth
               of
               
                 Dreaded
                 Distress
              
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               Rom.
               8.
               39.
               but
               that
               wee
               steadily
               resolve
               to
               continue
               
                 Faithful
                 unto
                 Death
              
               ;
               then
               may
               wee
               undoubtedly
               assure
               our selves
               that
               we
               are
               our
               Heavenly
               Fathers
               
                 Legitimate
                 Sonnes
              
               ,
               and
               so
               Heyres
               ,
               yea
               
                 Co
                 heyres
              
               ,
               with
               our
               
                 Elder
                 Brother
              
               Christ
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Crown
                 of
                 Glory
              
               .
            
             
               And
               so
               ,
               having
               done
               with
               the
               General
               Notion
               of
               these
               Guests
               ,
               as
               Eagles
               ;
               we
               are
               now
               to
               take
               a
               short
               Glimpse
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               
               the
               more
               special
               consideration
               of
               their
               sweet
               inclination
               to
               Accord
               ,
               and
               Agreement
               ,
               at
               this
               their
               Table
               .
               They
               keep
               not
               a
               
                 Centaures
                 Feast
              
               ;
               washing
               the
               Tables
               ,
               and
               Cates
               ,
               and
               Cups
               ,
               before
               them
               ,
               in
               bloud
               ;
               but
               celebrate
               rather
               a
               Love
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               
                 a
                 Peace
                 ,
                 Feast
              
               ;
               Agreeing
               ,
               without
               any
               the
               least
               jar
               ,
               or
               discord
               ,
               during
               the
               whole
               time
               of
               their
               sitting
               .
               They
               are
               gathered
               together
               .
               
                 Wheresoever
                 the
                 Carkass
                 is
                 ,
                 there
                 the
                 Eagles
                 will
                 be
                 gathered
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               We
               all
               know
               the
               old
               word
               ,
               
                 Saevis
                 inter
                 se
                 convenit
                 Vrsis
              
               :
               Bears
               ,
               though
               of
               most
               savage
               Natures
               ,
               can
               quietly
               Accord
               ,
               and
               Agree
               .
               Yea
               ,
               no
               less
               then
               
               seven
               Devils
               can
               Peaceably
               cohabite
               in
               one
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen
                 ,
                 Luk.
              
               8.
               2.
               
               Yea
               ,
               the
               Evangelical
               
                 Prophets
                 Prediction
              
               of
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Christs
                 comming
                 ,
                 Isa.
              
               11.
               6.
               you
               may
               see
               to
               bee
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Wolf
                 ,
                 shall
                 Dwell
                 with
                 the
                 Lamb
                 ;
                 the
                 Leopard
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Kid
                 ;
                 the
                 Lion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Calf
                 ;
                 shall
                 lie
                 down
                 together
                 .
              
               And
               then
               strange
               may
               it
               not
               seem
               to
               hear
               ,
               that
               the
               little
               Flock
               of
               Christs
               Lambs
               ,
               the
               small
               Multitude
               of
               Beleevers
               ,
               in
               the
               Apostles
               Divine
               Actuary
               ,
               Act.
               4.
               32.
               should
               be
               of
               one
               Heart
               ,
               and
               one
               Minde
               .
               Wee
               ,
               in
               this
               Frantick
               Age
               of
               ours
               ,
               delivered
               every
               day
               of
               such
               Monsters
               ,
               as
               Africa
               never
               bred
               ;
               as
               
               if
               that
               curse
               from
               the
               God
               of
               Iacob
               were
               signally
               faln
               upon
               us
               ,
               that
               fell
               from
               Iacob
               sometimes
               upon
               his
               two
               bloudy
               Sons
               ,
               
                 Gen.
                 49.
                 7.
                 
                 I
                 will
                 Divide
                 them
                 in
                 Iacob
                 ,
                 and
                 Scatter
                 them
                 in
                 Israel
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               saw
               that
               staffe
               of
               the
               Bonds
               of
               Brotherhood
               between
               Iudah
               ,
               and
               
                 Israel
                 ,
                 Zach.
              
               11.
               7.
               by
               God
               ,
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               too
               justly
               ,
               and
               conspicuously
               ,
               Broken
               ;
               nay
               ,
               as
               if
               that
               cursed
               Harvest
               of
               the
               
                 Cadmus
                 Teeth
              
               ,
               so
               long
               since
               ●own
               ,
               were
               now
               ,
               in
               a
               lothsome
               Plenty
               ,
               come
               up
               amongst
               us
               ,
               —
               
                 Domus
                 catulos
                 non
                 alit
                 uno
                 du●s
              
               ;
               like
               Dogs
               ,
               we
               snap
               ,
               and
               sna●l
               ,
               one
               at
               another
               ;
               striving
               which
               shall
               first
               seize
               upon
               the
               
               Bones
               of
               our
               Brothers
               Estate
               ;
               nay
               ,
               as
               the
               Spaniard
               〈…〉
               on
               the
               Indians
               ,
               we
               try
               co
               〈…〉
               ions
               which
               of
               us
               shall
               leave
               an
               impression
               of
               the
               Deepest
               scarre
               upon
               those
               poor
               Innocents
               ,
               we
               have
               enslaved
               .
               Nay
               ,
               we
               whet
               our
               Tongues
               ,
               our
               Pens
               ,
               our
               Swords
               ,
               with
               as
               sharp
               an
               edg
               ,
               as
               Malice
               can
               set
               upon
               them
               ,
               one
               against
               another
               ;
               being
               ,
               not
               onely
               so
               far
               divided
               in
               opinion
               for
               point
               of
               Government
               ,
               that
               one
               crieth
               up
               Monarchy
               ,
               another
               Aristocracy
               ,
               a
               third
               Democracy
               ;
               but
               for
               Religion
               too
               ;
               
                 a
                 Religando
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               the
               Etymologist
               ;
               which
               should
               tye
               us
               ;
               not
               all
               jointly
               to
               God
               onely
               ;
               but
               every
               one
               severally
               
               to
               another
               :
               and
               so
               binde
               up
               all
               our
               Spoiles
               universally
               in
               the
               Bundle
               of
               Life
               ;
               as
               the
               Corinthians
               of
               old
               professed
               of
               themselves
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               one
               of
               Paul
               ,
               another
               of
               Cephus
               ;
               every
               one
               of
               us
               ,
               like
               the
               sticks
               of
               a
               broken
               Fagot
               ,
               seemeth
               singula●ly
               ,
               and
               pertinaciously
               ,
               to
               stand
               up
               in
               the
               Defence
               of
               his
               own
               Fancied
               Religion
               ;
               one
               a
               Socinian
               ,
               another
               an
               Anabaprist
               ,
               another
               an
               Antinomian
               ,
               another
               an
               Arrian
               ;
               one
               a
               Separatist
               ,
               another
               an
               Anti-Scripturist
               ;
               one
               a
               Ranter
               ,
               another
               a
               Quaker
               ,
               another
               a
               Seeker
               :
               yea
               indeed
               all
               ,
               upon
               the
               matter
               ,
               to
               seek
               for
               such
               a
               pure
               Religion
               ;
               as
               hath
               in
               it
               any
               the
               least
               
               power
               of
               Godliness
               .
               Nay
               ,
               as
               the
               Antique
               French
               ;
               or
               rather
               as
               our selves
               ,
               their
               Apes
               ;
               so
               prone
               are
               wee
               ,
               every
               day
               ,
               to
               change
               the
               Habit
               of
               our
               whatever
               pretended
               Religion
               ,
               as
               that
               every
               Day
               we
               appear
               in
               a
               New
               Mode
               ,
               and
               Fashion
               .
               And
               so
               ,
               what
               Tacitus
               sometimes
               of
               the
               Romans
               ;
               
                 ubi
                 Solitudinem
                 faciunt
                 ,
                 Pacem
                 appellant
              
               ;
               whil'st
               wee
               seem
               to
               interpret
               a
               mere
               Desolation
               ,
               and
               Annihilation
               ,
               of
               Religion
               for
               a
               Peaceable
               ,
               and
               Pure
               ,
               Settlement
               ,
               and
               Reformation
               ,
               thereof
               :
               whilest
               thus
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               wee
               assume
               unto
               our selves
               an
               un-commissioned
               and
               unbounded
               ,
               Liberty
               ,
               
                 Nunc
                 Leo
                 ,
                 nunc
                 Vulpes
              
               ;
               —
               of
               appearing
               ,
               
               every
               Day
               ,
               in
               a
               New
               Trim
               ,
               and
               Dress
               ,
               of
               Religion
               ;
               
                 Nusquam
                 qui
                 ubique
              
               ;
               we
               have
               scarce
               any
               thing
               indeed
               of
               true
               Religion
               left
               amongst
               us
               .
               Nay
               ,
               unto
               that
               sharpness
               of
               contention
               (
               as
               Paul
               ,
               and
               
                 Barnabas
                 ,
                 Act.
              
               15.
               39.
               
               )
               are
               we
               grown
               in
               these
               cases
               ,
               that
               (
               what
               Tacitus
               sometimes
               of
               Segestes
               ,
               and
               Ariminius
               ,
               the
               one
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               other
               the
               Son
               ,
               in
               Law
               )
               
                 Quae
                 apud
                 concordos
                 vincula
                 charit●tis
                 ,
                 Incitamenta
                 Irarum
                 apud
                 infensos
                 sunt
              
               ;
               those
               Bonds
               of
               Christian
               Affinity
               ,
               which
               ,
               whilest
               wee
               accorded
               ,
               were
               a
               sweet
               meanes
               to
               tye
               us
               close
               together
               ,
               now
               wee
               Ravel
               ,
               and
               Flitter
               ,
               thus
               ,
               we
               finde
               to
               bee
               
               sad
               incentives
               and
               provocations
               ,
               to
               keep
               us
               at
               the
               greater
               Distance
               ,
               and
               Variance
               .
               I
               would
               gladly
               season
               ,
               perhaps
               some
               of
               you
               that
               are
               here
               Present
               ,
               with
               better
               Principles
               ,
               then
               hitherto
               ,
               possibly
               ,
               may
               have
               been
               distilled
               into
               you
               .
               You
               know
               the
               Rise
               of
               that
               old
               word
               ;
               
                 Divide
                 ,
                 &
                 Impera
              
               ;
               Divide
               Affections
               once
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               suddenly
               come
               to
               divide
               the
               spoil
               .
               And
               therfore
               wo●ld
               I
               have
               you
               to
               follow
               Love
               ,
               and
               Peace
               ,
               with
               all
               Men
               ,
               that
               
                 call
                 upon
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               2
               Tim.
               2.
               22.
               but
               so
               as
               to
               follow
               this
               Love
               and
               
                 Peace
                 ,
                 in
                 Truth
              
               ,
               Ephes.
               4.
               15.
               lest
               otherwise
               ,
               like
               that
               House
               in
               
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               founded
               upon
               the
               sand
               ,
               what
               ever
               superstruction
               you
               may
               Rear
               thereon
               ,
               come
               speedily
               to
               Ruine
               ,
               and
               Confusion
               .
               Singularity
               ,
               and
               Humour
               ,
               and
               Turbulency
               of
               spirit
               ,
               whether
               in
               Opinion
               ,
               or
               Affection
               ,
               where-ever
               they
               are
               ,
               are
               far
               from
               being
               symboles
               of
               a
               Christian
               Temper
               .
               Nay
               ,
               as
               they
               say
               of
               Bees
               ,
               that
               ,
               whensoever
               there
               ariseth
               stir
               ,
               and
               strife
               ,
               amongst
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               an
               infallible
               signe
               that
               their
               King
               is
               about
               to
               remove
               ,
               and
               to
               leave
               his
               H●ve
               :
               however
               our
               Spiritual
               Can●ers
               may
               vant
               themselves
               as
               they
               please
               ,
               as
               they
               if
               had
               engrossed
               the
               great
               God
               of
               heaven
               for
               their
               own
               
               peculiar
               ;
               and
               (
               as
               is
               that
               just
               Sarcasme
               upon
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               
                 Trent
                 Councel
              
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               every
               week
               sent
               them
               in
               a
               Cloak-bag
               )
               had
               conjured
               ,
               and
               circumscribed
               ,
               him
               within
               the
               circle
               of
               their
               owne
               Tribe
               ;
               as
               long
               as
               by
               Schism
               ,
               by
               Faction
               ,
               by
               Division
               ,
               they
               break
               the
               Unity
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               should
               tye
               all
               ●he
               Members
               of
               
                 Christs
                 Body
              
               together
               in
               the
               Bond
               of
               Peace
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               onely
               a
               clear
               presage
               that
               the
               King
               of
               Heaven
               is
               upon
               the
               point
               of
               Leaving
               ;
               but
               too
               pregnant
               an
               evidence
               that
               hee
               hath
               actually
               left
               ,
               such
               unquiet
               ,
               and
               turbulent
               ,
               Conclaues
               ,
               and
               Conventicles
               .
               
               The
               first
               visible
               shape
               ,
               that
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ever
               descended
               in
               ,
               was
               the
               shape
               of
               a
               Dove
               .
               And
               hee
               ,
               that
               came
               in
               a
               Dove
               ,
               wil
               not
               come
               but
               upon
               a
               Dove
               .
               Not
               such
               ,
               as
               ,
               through
               a
               singulat
               conceit
               of
               their
               
                 Simulata
                 sanctitas
              
               ;
               double-refined
               H●liness
               ,
               separate
               themselves
               from
               their
               despised
               brethren
               ;
               nor
               such
               as
               make
               a
               great
               stir
               ,
               and
               Noise
               ,
               in
               the
               world
               with
               the
               Lightning
               of
               Pride
               ;
               the
               Thunder
               of
               Blasphemy
               ;
               the
               Windes
               of
               Malediction
               ,
               and
               Depravation
               ;
               the
               Storms
               of
               Oppression
               ;
               and
               Sword
               of
               Persecution
               :
               but
               such
               as
               are
               like
               himself
               ,
               D●ves
               ,
               Men
               of
               a
               Milde
               ,
               a
               Meek
               ,
               and
               Peaceable
               ,
               
               Temper
               ,
               and
               Disposition
               .
               Nay
               Elect
               (
               saith
               St.
               Peter
               to
               his
               scattered
               strangers
               )
               according
               to
               the
               Fore
               knowledg
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               through
               the
               sanctification
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               sprinkling
               of
               the
               Bloud
               of
               Christ
               ,
               ●
               Pet.
               2.
               2.
               
               Where
               there
               is
               no
               appearance
               of
               the
               descent
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               upon
               a
               Man
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               the
               visible
               shape
               of
               a
               Dove
               ,
               
                 yet
                 as
              
               upon
               a
               Dove
               ,
               a
               Creature
               Gentle
               ,
               and
               Peaceable
               ,
               little
               Ground
               of
               Assurance
               shall
               any
               such
               have
               reason
               to
               take
               up
               ,
               that
               〈◊〉
               is
               predestinated
               .
               Abraham
               ,
               in
               tha●
               his
               sacrifice
               to
               the
               Lo●●
               ,
               Gen.
               15.
               divideth
               the
               Heifer
               ,
               the
               Shee-Goat
               ,
               and
               
               the
               Ram
               ;
               but
               the
               Turtle
               Dove
               ,
               and
               the
               Pigeon
               ,
               hee
               divideth
               not
               .
               Carnal
               Men
               (
               how
               spiritual
               soever
               our
               Novel
               selfe-justiciaries
               ,
               or
               rather
               New-modelled
               Pharisees
               ,
               may
               cry
               themselvs
               up
               for
               )
               as
               are
               prone
               to
               be
               divided
               by
               Discords
               ,
               and
               Separations
               ,
               and
               Dissentions
               ,
               and
               so
               have
               no
               semblance
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               upon
               them
               ,
               have
               no
               Interest
               ,
               as
               not
               in
               the
               Predestination
               of
               the
               Father
               ;
               so
               neither
               in
               the
               Sons
               Redemption
               .
               But
               the
               Birds
               ,
               the
               Pigeon
               ,
               and
               the
               Turtle
               Dove
               ,
               Creatures
               ,
               that
               have
               no
               Gall
               in
               them
               ,
               Spiritual
               Men
               ,
               such
               as
               are
               proper
               Rec●pracles
               of
               the
               Grace
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               of
               
               the
               Fathers
               Love
               in
               Electing
               ,
               and
               the
               Sonnes
               Wisdome
               in
               Redeeming
               ,
               them
               ,
               have
               no
               shadow
               ,
               or
               semblance
               ,
               of
               the
               least
               Inclination
               to
               Division
               in
               them
               .
               The
               Kingdome
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               whereby
               ,
               in
               the
               stile
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               is
               intended
               ,
               and
               wherein
               that
               ever-blessed
               〈◊〉
               ▪
               but
               an
               uni-Triumvirate
               ,
               an
               undivided
               Trinity
               in
               an
               unity
               of
               Divine
               Essence
               ,
               as
               a
               Glorious
               Monarch
               ,
               Reigneth
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               fitly
               mindeth
               us
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               first
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               then
               Peace
               .
               Rom.
               14.
               17.
               
               And
               then
               just
               reason
               may
               the
               same
               Apostle
               seem
               to
               have
               ,
               for
               the
               apposing
               of
               his
               Corinthians
               
               with
               this
               
                 Poinant
                 quaere
              
               ;
               As
               long
               as
               there
               are
               st●ifes
               ,
               and
               Divisions
               ,
               amongst
               you
               ,
               are
               you
               not
               Carnal
               ?
               1
               Cor.
               3.
               4.
               
               As
               long
               as
               we
               practice
               nothing
               but
               the
               Defrauding
               ,
               the
               Depraving
               ,
               the
               Spoiling
               ,
               the
               Murthering
               ,
               one
               another
               ,
               can
               wee
               ever
               hope
               to
               finde
               in
               our selves
               any
               pledg●
               〈…〉
               ,
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghosts
               descent
               upon
               us
               ?
               Or
               of
               the
               Fathers
               Predestination
               ,
               or
               the
               Sons
               Redemption
               ,
               of
               us
               ?
               I
               shall
               take
               leave
               of
               you
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               leave
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Apostle
               taketh
               of
               the
               same
               Corinthians
               of
               his
               .
               2
               Cor.
               13.
               11.
               
               
                 My
                 Brethren
                 bee
                 of
                 one
                 Minde
                 ,
                 live
                 in
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 Love
                 ,
                 and
                 Peace
                 shall
                 bee
                 
                 with
                 you
                 .
              
               Approve
               we
               our
               selvs
               ,
               ●n
               the
               presence
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Man
               ,
               to
               bee
               peaceable
               spirits
               ;
               and
               then
               shall
               we
               sensibly
               find
               ,
               that
               those
               three
               ,
               that
               bear
               record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               1
               Ioh.
               5.
               7.
               and
               sweetly
               accord
               in
               an
               unity
               of
               of
               Divine
               Essence
               ,
               shall
               jointly
               seal
               up
               unto
               us
               an
               Assurance
               of
               an
               Inheritance
               of
               〈…〉
               in
               Light
               ;
               that
               after
               the
               Earthly
               houses
               of
               our
               Tabernacle's
               dissolved
               ,
               wee
               shall
               have
               a
               Building
               of
               God
               ,
               an
               House
               ,
               not
               made
               with
               hands
               ,
               Eternal
               in
               the
               Heavens
               :
               Which
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               we
               beseech
               thee
               ,
               in
               thy
               good
               time
               ,
               grant
               every
               one
               of
               us
               ;
               and
               ,
               to
               this
               purpurpose
               ,
               
               grant
               ,
               that
               〈◊〉
               word
               ,
               which
               this
               Day
               we●
               have
               heard
               with
               our
               outward
               Eares
               ,
               may
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               FINIS
               .